Ex Parte CUNNINGHAM et al - Page 12

                  Appeal No. 2003-1469                                                           Page 12                     
                  Application No. 08/479,886                                                                                 

                  imposed in the restriction requirement.  Where that line is crossed the prohibition                        
                  of the third sentence of [35 U.S.C. §] 121 does not apply.”  Gerber Garment                                
                  Technology Inc. v. Lectra Systems Inc., 916 F.2d 683, 688, 16 USPQ2d 1436,                                 
                  1440 (Fed. Cir. 1990).                                                                                     
                                                         Summary                                                             
                         The examiner has not established, by a preponderance of the evidence,                               
                  that practicing the full scope of the claimed invention would have required undue                          
                  experimentation.  The rejection for nonenablement is therefore reversed.                                   


                                                       REVERSED                                                              



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                  EG/jlb                                                                                                     












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