Ex Parte ARROYO et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2001-2638                                                        
          Application 09/201,214                                                      


          Claims 1, 21 and 27-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                       
          § 103(a).  As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Kaiser            
          in view of Panwar or Abramson.                                              
          Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the                        
          examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the             
          respective details thereof.                                                 
          OPINION                                                                     
          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                          
          appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the evidence            
          of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the               
          rejections.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into                     
          consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’                    
          arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s                  
          rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal            
          set forth in the examiner’s answer.                                         
          It is our view, after consideration of the record before                    
          us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in the             
          particular art would not have suggested to one of ordinary skill            
          in the art the obviousness of the invention as set forth in the             
          claims on appeal.  Accordingly, we reverse.                                 




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