Ex parte SCHOEMAKER et al. - Page 7



                Appeal No.  1999-1434                                                                         
                Application No. 08/307,044                                                                    

                specification expressly contemplates such an embodiment, the examiner erred in                
                construing the claims not to encompass such an embodiment.                                    
                                                  Summary                                                     
                      We reverse the rejection for non-enablement because the specification is                
                presumed to be enabling and the examiner has not presented sufficient evidence                
                or scientific reasoning to support a conclusion to the contrary.                              


                                                REVERSED                                                      



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