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          Appeal No. 2003-0425                                                        
          Application 08/773,692                                                      

          Baker in view of Dascalu with respect to claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8,              
          19, 22, 23 and 25-29, and Shwed is added to this combination with           
          respect to claims 9-18, 20 and 21.                                          
               Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the                   
          examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the            
          respective details thereof.                                                 
                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal,             
          the rejections advanced by the examiner and the evidence of                 
          obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the                  
          rejections.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into                     
          consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s                    
          arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s                 
          rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal            
          set forth in the examiner’s answer.                                         
          It is our view, after consideration of the record before                    
          us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in the             
          particular art would not have suggested to one of ordinary skill            
          in the art the obviousness of the invention as set forth in the             
          claims on appeal.  Accordingly, we reverse.                                 
          In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, it is                            
          incumbent upon the examiner to establish a factual basis to                 
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