Ex parte HEINECKE - Page 8

                  Appeal No. 1999-1273                                                                                                                    
                  Application 08/709,916                                                                                                                  



                  35 U.S.C. § 103 is, of course, impermissible.  See, for example, W. L. Gore &                                                           
                  Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir.                                                    
                  1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).  It follows that we cannot sustain the examiner's                                             
                  rejections of claims 1, 4 and 6.                                                                                                        


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           The rejection of claims 1, 4 and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                          
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




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