Appeal No. 94-4226
Application No. 07/838,345
to one of ordinary skill in the art to employ such conventional
bonding techniques to attach the skin described in Nishiyama to a
dashboard with a reasonable expectation of successfully attaching
it.
Appellants argue that Nishiyama does not teach or suggest
the claimed mean diameter of cells and the claimed height of
elevations. See claims 1, 6, 8, 9 and 24. As indicated supra,
however, Nishiyama teaches either an overlapping range of
workable elevation heights and cell diameters, or a range of
workable elevation heights and cell diameters, which is very
close to that claimed. Accordingly, we agree with the examiner
that it would have been obvious to utilize the claimed cell mean
diameter and the claimed elevation heights with a reasonable
expectation of obtaining antiglare effect. See Titanium Metals
Corp. v. Banner, 778 F.2d 775, 227 USPQ 773 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In
re Boesch, 617 F.2d 272, 205 USPQ 215 (CCPA 1980).
Appellants also argue that Nishiyama does not teach or
suggest the surface material of the article to be treated. See
claims 2, 14, 23. As indicated supra, Nishiyama is directed to
applying a skin having an antiglare property on articles which
require a substantial reduction in the reflection of light.
Since the types of the materials employed on the surface of
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