Appeal No. 1999-2590
Application 08/618,120
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants and Examiner,
we refer the reader to the Appellants’ Briefs and Examiner’s 1
Answer for the respective details thereof.2
OPINION
With full consideration being given the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner’s rejection and the arguments of
Appellants and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
will reverse the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-8 under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the combinations of
the admitted prior art, Hobbins and Shetty.
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner
bears the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of
obviousness. In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d
1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). The Examiner can satisfy this
burden only by showing some objective teaching in the prior
1Appellants filed a Brief on July 20, 1998. Appellants
subsequently filed a Reply Brief on February 1, 1999.
2The Examiner, in response to Appellants’ Brief, mailed an
Examiner's Answer on November 23, 1998.
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