Appeal No. 2000-0122
Application No. 08/309,925
reasoning or motivation for combining this reference with
Rosenthal. See In re Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 999, 50 USPQ2d 1614,
1617 (Fed. Cir. 1999). As correctly argued by appellants (Reply
Brief, pages 5-6), the examiner has failed to identify any
convincing evidence or reasoning why one of ordinary skill in the
art would have transported fluid via fibers, as taught by Khalil,
in the process of Rosenthal, which is directed to a punch process.
For the foregoing reasons, we determine that the examiner
has failed to establish a prima facie case of obviousness.
Accordingly, we reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 50
and 58.
For the foregoing reasons, the examiner’s decision is affirmed-
in-part.
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