Appeal No. 96-3431
Application No. 08/307,535
and detergents (e.g., see lines 1 through 3 in column 8). In
this regard, King discloses the here claimed sulfurized
molybdenum-containing composition as an antioxidant additive for
lubricating oils and, significantly, fuels (e.g., see the
abstract, lines 3 through 7 in column 2 as well as lines 5
through 44 and especially line 37 in column 7), and Norman
discloses the here claimed succinimide as a detergent additive
for lubricants and, significantly, fuel compositions (e.g., see
lines 13 through 18 in column 1 and lines 18 through 30 in column
2). These applied reference disclosures evince that it would
have been prima facie obvious for one with ordinary skill in the
art to provide the fuel composition of Miller with a sulfurized
molybdenum-containing composition and a succinimide in order to
obtain the oxidation-inhibiting and detergent properties desired
by patentee via additives shown by King and Norman to be known in
the prior art as supplying such properties.
According to the appellants, "it is clear that the
references are from non-analogous art", and "[a]s neither Norman
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