Ex parte KODAMA - Page 7




          Appeal No. 2000-0464                                                        
          Application No. 09/023,198                                                  


          1260, 1265-1266 n.12, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1783 n.12 (Fed. Cir.                  
          1992).  Therefore, as we cannot accept the examiner's proposed              
          modification of Glomb, the examiner again has failed to                     
          establish a prima facie case of obviousness.  Accordingly, we               
          cannot sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 8              
          over Glomb alone.                                                           
                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through 8              
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                          
                                      REVERSED                                        









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