Appeal No. 1999-0734 Page 11
Application No. 08/686,495
deficiency of Rutt. Therefore, we conclude that the Examiner has failed to establish a prima
facie case of obviousness with respect to the subject matter of claim 21 or claim 27 which is
dependent thereon.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the Examiner to reject claims 13, 14, 16, and 17 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) is affirmed, but the decision of the Examiner to reject claims 15, and 18-20
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed. The decision of the Examiner to reject claims 21 and 27
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is also reversed.
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