Appeal No. 98-0409
Application 08/420,480
Corp.,
72 F.3d 1577, 1582, 37 USPQ2d 1314, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 1996) and
In re Nilssen, 851 F.2d 1401, 1403, 7 USPQ2d 1500, 1502 (Fed.
Cir. 1988)). Rather the test for obviousness is what the
combined teachings of the references would have suggested to
one of ordinary skill in the art. In re Young, 927 F.2d 588,
591, 18 USPQ2d 1089, 1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991) and In re Keller,
642 F.2d 413, 425, 208 USPQ 871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
Goss clearly recognizes that it is of importance that the
cartridge be "firmly and securely held" (page 1, column 1,
line 22) in an upright position. Benward teaches an article
holder having a pair of inwardly extending tabs 45 in order to
insure that there is "no danger" of the article be held from
"falling out of the holder" (column 2, lines 34 and 35).
Peckels also teaches an article holder having an inwardly
extending tab 24,
36 for the purpose of retaining the article being held in the
holder. It is true, as the appellants have noted, that Goss
discloses a retention means in the form of a groove or
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