Ex parte HERMANSSON et al. - Page 5


         Appeal No. 1999-0791                                                       
         Application No. 08/754,884                                                 


         provide any incentive or motivation for one of ordinary skill in           
         the art to modify the process of Liebergott to include the                 
         addition of a water-soluble chemical containing magnesium in the           
         manner as recited in the appealed claims.                                  
              For these reasons, we reverse the examiner’s rejections               
         under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the applied prior art.                          
              The decision of the examiner is reversed.                             
                                     REVERSED                                       






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