Appeal No. 96-0089
Application No. 08/027,060
Discovery of the source of a problem constitutes a further
ground which supports a finding of patentability. In this
regard, see In re Roberts, 470 F.2d 1399, 1401, 176 USPQ 313,
314-315 (CCPA 1973); In re Sponnoble, 405 F.2d 578, 585, 160
USPQ 237, 243 (CCPA 1969); In re Conover, 304 F.2d 680, 684,
134 USPQ 238, 241 (CCPA 1962); Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota
and Ontario Paper Co., 261 U.S. 45, 67-68, 1923 Dec. Comm'r
Pats. 623, 639-640 (1923).
None of the other references which have been applied
against the claims cure the deficiency of the basic
combination of the primary references with Karvinen or
Weideburg. Thus, all of the applied rejections fall with the
basic combination relied upon by the examiner.
For the foregoing reasons, the decision of the examiner
is reversed.
REVERSED
MARC L. CAROFF )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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