Ex parte MARX - Page 6




          Appeal No. 1996-0208                                                        
          Application 08/098,153                                                      


          Initially, we note that while Dowd appears to describe a                    
          “retrofit” application (column 3, lines 35-39) in that Dowd’s               
          invention “may be operatively integrated with a prior art                   
          plate forming machine    . . . ,” Dowd contains no teaching or              
          suggestion that his “improvement over the prior art” should be              
          further modified by any additional retrofitting operations.                 


























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