Appeal No. 1997-0380
Application No. 08/368,099
of a frustoconical opening communicating with a threaded bore
(as
illustrated by Farrington in Fig. 4) and incorporate this
feature into the elongated upholstery stud of Meyer, while at
the same time retaining Meyer's disc-shaped head [12]. The
examiner, however, may not pick and choose from any one
reference only so much of it as will support a given position,
to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full
appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of
ordinary skill in the art. See Bausch & Lomb, Inc., v.
Barnes-Hind/Hydrocurve Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 448, 230 USPQ 416,
419 (Fed. Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 823 (1987) and In
re Kamm, 452 F.2d 1052, 1057, 172 USPQ 298, 301-02 (CCPA
1972). Here, Farrington does not teach or suggest forming a
frustoconical opening in a cylindrical head. Instead,
Farrington teaches a screw body [a] having a flared upper end
[i] which forms a frustoconical opening for receiving the
beveled section [n] of a flat head screw. Meyer teaches a
disc-shaped head [12] having a centrally located opening
communicating with a tapped bore [24]. There is simply
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