Ex Parte BOLES et al - Page 4




          Appeal No. 2003-0194                                                        
          Application No. 09/280,112                                                  


          5 USPQ2d 1434, 1438 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 825                 
          (1988); Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Delta Resins & Refractories, Inc. ,            
          776 F.2d 281, 293, 227 USPQ 657, 664 (Fed. Cir. 1985), cert.                
          denied, 475 U.S. 1017 (1986); ACS Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. Montefiore            
          Hosp., 732 F.2d 1572, 1577, 221 USPQ 929, 933 (Fed. Cir. 1984).             
          These showings by the examiner are an essential part of complying           
          with the burden of presenting a prima facie case of obviousness.            
          Note In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444               
          (Fed. Cir. 1992).  If that burden is met, the burden then shifts            
          to the applicant to overcome the prima facie case with argument             
          and/or evidence.  Obviousness is then determined on the basis of            
          the evidence as a whole and the relative persuasiveness of the              
          arguments.  See Id.; In re Hedges, 783 F.2d 1038, 1040, 228 USPQ            
          685, 687 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472,             
          223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir. 1984); and In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d            
          1048, 1051, 189 USPQ 143, 146-47 (CCPA 1976).  Only those                   
          arguments actually made by appellant have been considered in this           
          decision.  Arguments which appellant could have made but chose              
          not to make in the brief have not been considered and are deemed            
          to be waived (see 37 CFR 1.192 (a)).                                        
               The examiner applies Noguchi for allegedly teaching a data             
          processing system comprising a CPU, a linearized address space              

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