Ex parte BADER et al. - Page 8




              Appeal No. 1998-0119                                                                     Page 8                 
              Application No. 08/466,171                                                                                      


              examiner has not established a prima facie case of obviousness.  In re Rouffet, 149 F.3d                        

              1350, 1357, 47 USPQ2d 1453, 1458 (Fed. Cir. 1998).                                                              















                                                         DECISION                                                             

                      The rejection of claims 18 through 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                    

              unpatentable over Keung in view of Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering,                             

              Vol. 7, pp. 116-125 (1987) is reversed.                                                                         

                      The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                               

















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