Ex Parte DONFRANCESCO et al - Page 10




              Appeal No. 2003-0265                                                               Page 10                
              Application No. 09/105,150                                                                                


              support an obviousness rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is, of course, impermissible.                      
              See, for example, W. L. Gore and Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553,                     
              220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).                                 
                     For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1,                  
              4 to 16 and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                         


































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