Ex Parte HARDING et al - Page 5

            Appeal No. 2001-2636                                                      
            Application No. 09/160,127                                                

            Compare In re Kuhle, 526 F.2d 553, 555, 188 USPQ 7, 9 (CCPA               
            1975).  In the final analysis, the examiner’s rejections                  
            must fail for lack of an adequate factual basis to support                
            his position.  See In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017,                     
            154 USPQ 173, 178 (CCPA 1967).                                            
                 The examiner’s decision to reject claims 47-91 under                 
            35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                              
                                       REVERSED                                       


                                                                                     
            HARRISON E. MCCANDLISH                  )                                
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            WILLIAM F. PATE, III                    )    APPEALS AND                 
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            JENNIFER D. BAHR                        )                                
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            HEM/sld                                                                   






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