Ex Parte Hedrick - Page 9


               Appeal 2007-2519                                                                           
               Application 10/616,208                                                                     
                     For at least the aforementioned reasons, we agree with Appellant that                
               the Examiner has failed to meet the burden of presenting a prima facie case                
               of obviousness.  Accordingly, we will reverse the Examiner’s rejection of                  
               independent claims 1 and 10 as being unpatentable over Feyereisen in view                  
               of Amro. Because we have reversed the Examiner’s rejection of each                         
               independent claim, we will not sustain the Examiner’s rejection of any                     
               dependent claims under appeal.  Therefore, we also reverse the Examiner’s                  
               rejection of dependent claims 2-9 and 11-19 as being unpatentable over                     
               Feyereisen in view of Amro.                                                                

                                               DECISION                                                   
                     In summary, we will not sustain the Examiner’s rejection of any                      
               claims under appeal.  Therefore, the decision of the Examiner rejecting                    
               claims 1-19 is reversed.                                                                   

                                              REVERSED                                                    





               pgc                                                                                        

               Lance J. Lieberman, Esq.                                                                   
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