Appeal No. 2002-0755 Page 6 Application No. 08/999,803 our view that the examiner has not discharged the burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to the subject matter defined by the appealed claims. CONCLUSION The decision of the examiner to reject claims 2-4, 8-11 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Thigpen in view of Berner is reversed. REVERSED CHUNG K. PAK ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT PETER F. KRATZ ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY T. SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007