Appeal No. 95-4351
Application 08/048,109
would have been obvious in view of Horvath and Hattori to replace
Taylor's photographic film strip, projection apparatus, and
projection screen with a circular photographic film disk and
head-mounted viewer, as required by the claim. Specifically, we
agree with appellant that the artisan would not have considered
Hattori's head-mounting technique, which is applied to liquid
crystal display devices, to be applicable to the display of
images recorded on a photographic film disc of the type disclosed
by Horvath. The only motivation for combining the reference
teachings in this manner comes from appellant's disclosure. See
In re Laskowski, 871 F.2d 115, 117, 10 USPQ2d 1397, 1398 (Fed.
Cir. 1989) (something in the references as a whole must suggest
the desirability, and thus the obviousness, of making the
combination). Accordingly, the rejection of claim 1 is reversed,
as is the rejection of dependent claims 2 and 3.
REVERSED
STANLEY M. URYNOWICZ, JR. )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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