Appeal No. 2001-0899 3
Application No. 08/799,174
THE REFERENCES OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references:
Baldyga 4,000,100 Dec. 28, 1976
Kashiwase et al. 4,371,656 Feb. 1, 1983
THE REJECTION
Claims 2 through 12 and 14 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over the combination of Baldyga and Kashiwase.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by the appellants and
the examiner and agree with the appellants for the reasons set forth in the Brief and those
herein that the rejection of record is not well founded. Accordingly, we reverse the
rejection.
The Rejection Under § 103(a)
"[T]he examiner bears the initial burden, on review of the prior art or on any other
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