Ex parte REIMANN et al. - Page 7


          Appeal No. 1999-0772                                                        
          Application No. 08/600,165                                                  


               Hence, we must agree with the appellants that the examiner             
          has not established a prima facie case of obviousness within the            
          meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103.  In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468,                 
          1471-72, 223 USPQ 785, 787-88 (Fed. Cir. 1984).                             
               The examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of all the              
          appealed claims as unpatentable over Herzog is reversed.                    
                                      REVERSED                                        






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