Ex Parte Chi et al - Page 7

             Appeal No. 2006-0674                                                              Page 7                
             Application No. 10/083,565                                                                              

             met, does the burden of coming forward with evidence or argument shift to the                           
             applicant.”  In re Rijckaert, 9 F.3d 1531, 1532, 28 USPQ2d 1955, 1956 (Fed. Cir.                        
             1993).  On this record, we find that the examiner’s initial burden4 of providing the                    
             evidence necessary to establish a prima facie case of unpatentability has not                           
             been met.  Accordingly, the rejection of claims 7-9, 12 and 16-22 under 35 U.S.C.                       
             § 103 is reversed.                                                                                      
                                                    REVERSED                                                         






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             4 The initial burden of presenting a prima facie case of obviousness rests on the examiner.  In re Oetiker,
             977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992).                                             





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