Appeal No. 96-0141
Application No. 08/084,097
separately from the pointer body (Brief, page 3;
specification, page 5).
The examiner applies the Linne reference to show the
conventionality of using a set of molding dies to create
multiple molding spaces, the Pasco reference and the admitted
prior art to show conventional pointers made from injection
molding and from two different resins, the admitted prior art
for the teaching of mixing metal powder and resin for molding
weights for a pointer, and Hirota for a multilayered article
made from a layer of resin and a layer of reinforced resin
(Answer, pages 3-4). From these teachings, the Examiner
concludes that it would have been obvious to the artisan "to
use the above process as set forth in the primary reference
for making any number of composite articles using two
different resins" (Answer, page 4).
"When a rejection depends on a combination of prior art
references, there must be some teaching, suggestion, or
motivation to combine the references. [Citation omitted]." In
re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1355, 47 USPQ2d 1453, 1456 (Fed.
Cir. 1998). When determining the patentability of a claimed
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