Appeal No. 2001-1275 Page 8
Application No. 09/128,120
of one of the features of the German invention which, in our view, would operate as a
disincentive to one of ordinary skill in the art to do so.
For the reasons set forth above, it is our conclusion that the combined teachings of
the applied references fail to establish a prima facie case of obviousness with regard to
independent claim 1, and the rejection of this claim will not be sustained. It follows that we
also will not sustain the like rejection of claims 2-18, which depend from claim 1.
SUMMARY
The rejection is not sustained.
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