Appeal No. 1996-3525 Page 7
Application No. 08/089,595
The obviousness issues
We sustain the rejection of claims 10 and 11 under 35
U.S.C. § 103, but not the rejection of claims 1 through 3 and
7.
The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings
of the references would have suggested to one of ordinary
skill in the art. See 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). Moreover, in
evaluating such references it is proper to take into account
not only the specific teachings of the references but also the
inferences which one skilled in the art would reasonably be
expected to draw therefrom. In re Preda, 401 F.2d 825, 826,
159 USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
The examiner determined (answer, pp. 5-6) that it would
have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
time the invention was made to utilize a push button assembly
as taught by Morris '163 as the push button assembly in the
system of Morris '374.
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