Appeal No. 95-4152
Application 08/042,044
located where element 104 is in figure 10" (EA14). Thus,
Hanson discloses a camera located under the brim of a helmet.
In addition, appellants admit that "as further known to those
skilled in the art, an envelope of reduced heat is present
underneath the helmet brim 14" (specification, page 11) upon a
fire helmet being present in a heated environment. Appellants
argue that they "are the first to discover that a
heat-sensitive infrared imaging camera can be mounted under
the brim of a head-protective helmet to reside in an envelope
of reduced heat to reduce the influence of the heat on the
camera" (Br18). In our opinion, however, it would have been
common sense to one skilled in the art to mount an electronic
camera underneath the helmet brim in a known envelope of
reduced heat to take advantage of the reduced heat. A
conclusion of obviousness may be made from common knowledge
and common sense of the person of ordinary skill in the art
without any specific hint or suggestion in a particular
reference. In re Bozek, 416 F.2d 1385, 1390, 163 USPQ 545,
549 (CCPA 1969).
Second, regarding the mounting of the camera and display
"to said helmet," the sensor equipment 90 and display 88 in
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