Appeal No. 95-4589
Application 08/042,888
the light groups 2-14 of Fig. 1 may be considered to form “at
least one group of secondary lighting elements. As the
examiner has also noted, McComb additionally teaches that a
translucent face 29 may be provided and discloses that a
plurality of color elements may overlie the groups of
secondary lighting elements (page 1, lines 65 and 66). Figs.
1, 4-6 and 8 clearly depict a housing means for the lighting
elements and the translucent face. McComb additionally
discloses a circuit means which may include thermo flashers
(Fig. 3) or a clock mechanism (page 1, lines 69-77); however,
the schematic illustration of the circuitry in Fig. 3 does not
depict the circuitry to be contained within the housing.
Accordingly, we find response in McComb for all the
structure set forth in representative claim 1 with the
exception of the limitation that the circuit is housed in the
housing.
However, even with respect to this limitation, we observe that
artisans must be presumed to know something about the art
apart from what the references disclose (see In re Jacoby, 309
F.2d 513, 516, 135 USPQ 317, 319 (CCPA 1962)) and the
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