Ex Parte CALLAHAN et al - Page 7




            Appeal No. 2003-0029                                                                            
            Application No. 09/385,933                                                                      

             impermissible hindsight in rejecting the claims.  See W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. v.           
             Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983); cert.               
             denied 469 U.S. 851 (1984) In re Rothermel, 276 F.2d 393, 396, 125 USPQ 328, 331               
             (CCPA 1960).  Consequently, the Examiner’s rejections are reversed.                            



























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