Appeal No. 1999-1229
Application 08/543,975
obvious over the applied prior art. To that end, we remind the examiner that a conclusion of
obviousness must be based on fact and not unsupported generalities. In re Freed, 425
F.2d 785, 787, 165 USPQ 570, 571 (CCPA 1970); In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017,
154 USPQ 173, 178 (CCPA 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1957 (1968).
Accordingly, we reverse the rejection.
Thus, on this record, the decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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JOAN ELLIS ) APPEALS
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