Appeal No. 1998-1562 Page 17
Application No. 08/611,416
reasonably be expected to draw therefrom. In re Preda, 401
F.2d 825, 826, 159 USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
In this case, after considering the collective teachings
of Eichenberger and Johannsson, it is our opinion that it
would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at
the time of the appellants' invention to have modified
Eichenberger's transport truck 1 by replacing pivoting
receiving device 6 with a flap operated by a piston and
cylinder unit as taught by Johannsson, to supply rolls to the
working position in Eichenberger's lap processing machine. In
this instance, it is our view that simplified feeding of
reserve rolls to the working position taught by Johannsson
would have provided the necessary motivation for one of
ordinary skill in the art to have modified Eichenberger's
apparatus.
Thus, the combined teachings of Eichenberger and
Johannsson would have suggested connecting a piston and
cylinder unit to cause the pivoting of Eichenberger's
receiving device 6 and to locate the reserve position at a
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