Appeal No. 2003-0176
Application 08/909,590
from the agency’s expertise, do not substitute for authority when
the law requires authority.” In re Lee, 277 F.3d 1338, 1345, 61
USPQ2d 1430, 1435 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
For the above reasons we conclude that the examiner has not
carried the burden of establishing a prima facie case of
obviousness of the appellants’ claimed invention.
DECISION
The rejection of claims 1-8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Tabota in view of Kondou and either Harnden or Koal is reversed.
REVERSED
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TERRY J. OWENS )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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THOMAS A. WALTZ )
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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PETER F. KRATZ )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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