Ex Parte Hofmann et al - Page 5



          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                                                                      






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