Appeal No. 97-0673
Application 08/143,370
certain level of basic skills and common sense. See, e.g., In
re Sovish,
769 F.2d 738, 743, 226 USPQ 771, 774 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re
Bozek, 416 F.2d 1385, 1390, 163 USPQ 545, 549 (CCPA 1969).
Where a light is needed, generally it would be recognized that
any light source can be used, especially one which by its own
nature would have a better signal to noise ratio for optical
imaging and is already used in a similar optical imaging
device as in Longobardi. The examiner is correct that both
Kamiwano and Longobardi are from the same field of optical
measurement (answer p. 8, lines 7-11).
There is nothing unique about using an extended or non-
coherent light source in Kamiwano. The teachings of a
reference is not limited to its disclosed or preferred
embodiments, In re Burckel, 592 F.2d 1175, 1179, 201 USPQ 67,
70 (CCPA 1979); In re Bode, 550 F.2d 656, 661, 193 USPQ 12, 17
(CCPA 1977), and must be considered for everything it teaches
by way of technology. EWP Corp. v. Reliance Universal Inc.,
755 F.2d 898, 907, 225 USPQ 20, 25 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied,
474 U.S. 843 (1985).
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