Ex Parte Sahr et al - Page 8




              Appeal No. 2004-0713                                                                Page 8                
              Application No. 09/900,256                                                                                


              knowledge to 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                            
              independent claims 1 and 9, and claims 2 to 4, 7 and 8 dependent thereon, under                           
              35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                              




























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