Appeal No. 97-1033
Application 08/190,485
cannot be approached on the basis that an artisan having ordinary
skill would have known only what they read in a reference,
because such artisan must be presumed to know something about an
art apart from what a reference discloses. See In re Jacoby,
309 F.2d 513, 516, 135 USPQ 317, 319 (CCPA 1962). Further, a
conclusion of obviousness may be made from common knowledge and
common sense of the person of ordinary skill in the art without
any specific hint or suggestion in a particular reference. See
In re Bozek, 416 F.2d 1385, 1390, 163 USPQ 545, 549 (CCPA 1969).
With the above in mind, we are of the opinion that the
overall teaching of Schuh would have suggested to one having
ordinary skill in the art a single operator, with the auxiliary
cart moved to a location in proximity to the measuring device
(with micrometer) for operation of the device. From our perspec-
tive, the incentive on the part of one having ordinary skill in
the art for carrying out the preceding equipment arrangement
would have simply been to gain the self-evident advantage of
having all equipment at one location (workstation), 7 thereby
7 In our opinion, one of ordinary skill in the art would
have understood the micrometer gauge as being suggestive of a
dial indicator, and have expected conventional air and vacuum
controls to be present on the cart, e.g., handle operated
valving.
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