Appeal No. 95-3828
Application 07/868,037
filter part of the airbag (column 7, lines 31-37). A
huckaback weave is disclosed for the “windows” or zones in the
filter part of the airbag of Krummheuer II in order to produce
various air permeabilities (column 4, lines 30-52). There is
no disclosure, suggestion or teaching in the Krummheuer
references to use the yarn and fabric of Krummheuer I, with
its specified properties and low air permeability, in the high
air permeability filter part of the airbag of Krummheuer II
that would have led the artisan to appellants’ claimed gas-
permeable, gas-releasing fabric part of an airbag in a crepe
or modified huckaback weave. “It is well established that
before a conclusion of obviousness may be made based on a
combination of references, there must have been a reason,
suggestion, or motivation to lead an inventor to combine those
references.” Pro-Mold and Tool Co. v. Great Lakes Plastics,
Inc., 75 F.3d 1568, 1573, 37 USPQ2d 1626, 1629 (Fed. Cir.
1996).
Belitsin teaches the use of a huckaback weave for yarns
in dress and shirt manufacture (see Example 5) but does not
provide any reasons or suggestions for combining the two
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