Appeal No. 2002-0934
Application No. 09/392,276
applied prior art and that, therefore, the Examiner used impermissible hindsight in
rejecting the claims. See W.L. Gore & Associates v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540,
1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983); In re Rothermel, 276 F.2d 393, 396,
125 USPQ 328, 331 (CCPA 1960). For the reasons stated above and in Appellants’
Briefs, we reverse the Examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
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