Ex Parte Wessells et al - Page 7




          Appeal No. 2004-0462                                                        
          Application 09/915,861                                                      


          to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of appellants’              
          invention, we must refuse to sustain the examiner’s rejection of            
          those claims under 35 U.S. C. § 103(a).                                     


          In accordance with the foregoing, the decision of the                       
          examiner rejecting claims 1 through 8 of the present application            
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.                                       


                                   REVERSED                                           







                         CHARLES E. FRANKFORT          )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         LAWRENCE J. STAAB             )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )   APPEALS AND                
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                                                       ) INTERFERENCES                
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                         JEFFREY V. NASE               )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              



          CEF:pgc                                                                     
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