Ex Parte OLSEN et al - Page 5

          Appeal No. 2001-2444                                                        
          Application No. 09/419,176                                                  

          obtained.  See Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp., 837 F.2d               
          1044, 1052, 5 USPQ2d 1434, 1439 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 488              
          U.S. 825 (1988).                                                            
               Accordingly, we find that the examiner has not set forth a             
          factual basis which is sufficient to support a conclusion of                
          prima facie obviousness of the appellants’ claimed invention.  We           
          therefore reverse the examiner’s rejection.                                 
                                      DECISION                                        
               The rejection of claims 1 and 2 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over             
          Fiordalice in view of Chiang is reversed.                                   
                                      REVERSED                                        



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