Appeal No. 2004-0960
Application No. 09/750,394
therefore, has not carried the burden of establishing a prima
facie case of obviousness of the method claimed in claim 17
or its dependent claims 18-20. Accordingly, we reverse the
rejection of those claims.
DECISION
The rejections of claims 1-5, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 13-15 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Piosenka, claims 6 and 9 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 over Piosenka in view of Mauch, claims 12 and 17-19 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 over Piosenka in view of Bergholz or Silverman,
claim 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Piosenka in view of Wiik, and
claim 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Piosenka in view of Bergholz,
Silverman, and Verslycken, are reversed.
REVERSED
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