Appeal No. 94-4239
Application 07/942,293
disclosed means setting off the reflective field apart from
the margin 3 comprises a band or border 4 of a non-reflecting
finish. This defining border may be applied directly either
to the glass plate or to the marginal body, or be made
separate and distinct such as in the form of an elastic or
spring ring.
In applying the test for obviousness , we reach the5
conclusion that it would have been obvious to one having
ordinary skill in the art, from a collective consideration of
the applied teachings, to provide the rear view mirror of
Schmidt with a defining non-reflective margin or border
applied directly to the convex glass plate. In our opinion,
the incentive for this modification on the part of one having
ordinary skill would have simply been to gain the art
recognized advantage of the non-reflective border, i.e., the
elimination of view obscuring light rays and glare. With a
The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings of5
references would have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the
art. See In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 591, 18 USPQ2d 1089, 1091
(Fed. Cir. 1991) and In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425, 208 USPQ
871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
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