Appeal No. 2002-1229
Application No. 09/140,809
based upon impermissible hindsight. See W.L. Gore & Assocs. v.
Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1551, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed.
Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).
The above discussed deficiency of the examiner’s position
taints all the rejections before us on this appeal. Therefore,
we cannot sustain any of the examiner’s section 103 rejections of
the appealed claims.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
Bradley R. Garris )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Thomas A. Waltz ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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Romulo H. Delmendo )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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