Appeal No. 2004-1995 Application No. 10/018,332 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (“[T]he examiner bears the initial burden, on review of the prior art or on any other ground, of presenting a prima facie case of unpatentability.”). As such, we are constrained to reverse the examiner’s decision rejecting the claims on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 102 (b) and (e). REVERSED CHUNG K. PAK ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT TERRY J. OWENS ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) THOMAS A. WALTZ ) Administrative Patent Judge ) CKP/lp 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007