Ex parte YANG et al. - Page 8

                     Appeal No. 1999-1271                                                                                                         
                     Application No. 08/467,883                                                                                                   


                     together the prior art to defeat patentability—the essence of hindsight.”  In re                                             
                     Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 999, 50 USPQ2d 1614, 1617 (Fed. Cir. 1999).                                                         
                                                                  Summary                                                                         
                              The cited references do not provide adequate motivation to combine the                                              
                     cited references.  We therefore reverse the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                 


                                                                REVERSED                                                                          




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