Ex Parte BECKERS et al - Page 6

          Appeal No. 2002-1276                                                        
          Application 09/405,971                                                      

          recited in independent claims 1, 10 and 18 stems solely from                
          hindsight knowledge impermissibly derived from the appellants’              
          disclosure.                                                                 
               Accordingly, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.               
          § 103(a) rejection of claims 1, 10 and 18, and dependent claims 2           
          through 9, 11 through 17, 19 and 20, as being unpatentable over             
          Cremonese in view of Alexander.                                             
                                       SUMMARY                                        
               The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through 20             
          is reversed.                                                                
                                     REVERSED                                         


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