Appeal No. 96-2191
Application 08/395,512
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer
(Paper No. 28), while the complete statement of appellants’
argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos.
24 and 29).
As acknowledged by the examiner (answer, page 2),
appellants have indicated that the claims on appeal stand or
fall together (main brief, page 4). Accordingly, we select
claim 12 for review and shall decide the appeal on the basis
of this claim alone; 37 CFR 1.192(c)(7).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellants’ specification and claim 12, the applied
patents, and the respective viewpoints of appellants and the2
In our evaluation of the applied patents, we have considered all of the2
disclosure thereof for what it would have fairly taught one of ordinary skill
in the art. See In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965, 148 USPQ 507, 510 (CCPA 1966).
Additionally, this panel of the board has taken into account not only the
specific teachings, but also the inferences which one skilled in the art would
reasonably have been expected to draw from the disclosure. See In re Preda
401 F.2d 825, 826, 159 USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
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