Ex parte WAGNER - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1999-0524                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/735,228                                                                                                                 



                 the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer                                                                              
                 (Paper No. 9), while the complete statement of appellant’s                                                                             
                 argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos.                                                                         
                 8 and 10).                                                                                                                             




                                                                     OPINION                                                                            
                          In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue                                                                           
                 raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully                                                                           
                 considered appellant’s specification and claims, the applied                                                                           
                 patents,  and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the3                                                                                                                       
                 examiner.  As a consequence of our review, we make the                                                                                 
                 determination which follows.                                                                                                           
                          We reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 4 through                                                                       


                          3In our evaluation of the applied documents, we have                                                                          
                 considered all of the 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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