Appeal No. 2003-0545 Page 9
Application No. 08/436,096
721 F.2d at 1551, 1553, 220 USPQ at 311, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983).
From all of the above, we find that the examiner has failed to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness of claims 1, 4-8, and
15-20. Accordingly, the rejection of claims 1, 4-8, and 15-20
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.
We turn next to the rejection of claims 10, 13, and 14 under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Snowden in view of
Sakurai and further in view of Middleton. We reverse the
rejection of claims 10, 13, and 14 because Middleton does not
make up for the deficiencies of the basic combination of Snowden
and Sakurai.
We turn next to the rejection of claim 11 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over Snowden in view of Sakurai and
further in view of Jin. We reverse the rejection of claim 11 as
Jin does not make up for the basic deficiencies of Snowden and
Sakurai. Accordingly, the rejection of claim 11 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) is reversed.
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