Appeal No. 97-0115
Application 08/220,341
particular problem with which the inventor was involved. In
re Clay, 966 F.2d 656, 659, 23 USPQ2d 1058, 1060-61 (Fed. Cir.
1992).
On page 2 of their specification, the appellants state
that
[t]his invention relates to gowns and other garments
and particularly to surgical gowns and methods for
making the same. More particularly, this invention
relates to improved gown assembly techniques, the
use thereof providing improved barrier protection
and material utilization.
Artzt, described above, is squarely within the appellant’s
general “gowns and other garments” field of endeavor, and is
reasonably pertinent to the particular problem of “gown
assembly techniques . . . providing improved . . . material
utilization” with which the appellants were involved. Thus,
Artzt is analogous art which was properly considered by the
examiner in evaluating the obviousness of the subject matter
on appeal.
With regard to the standing rejection of independent
claims 1 and 12, the appellants argue that Artzt does not meet
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