Appeal No. 1999-2158 Application No. 08/971,460 For the foregoing reasons and those set forth in the Brief, we determine that the examiner has failed to present a prima facie case of obviousness based on the reference evidence. Accordingly, the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2 and 5 through 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the “prior art teaching” in view of Fischer is reversed. The decision of the examiner is reversed. REVERSED ) CHARLES F. WARREN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT THOMAS A. WALTZ ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) ROMULO H. DELMENDO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) TAW:hh 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007