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insidious effect of a hindsight syndrome wherein that which
only the inventor taught is used against its teacher."); In re
McLaughlin, 443 F.2d 1392, 1395, 170 USPQ 209, 212 (CCPA 1971)
(obviousness judgments are
necessarily based on hindsight; so long as judgment takes into
account only knowledge known in the art, there is no error.).
REVERSED
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SHERMAN D. WINTERS )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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WILLIAM F. SMITH ) BOARD OF
PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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