Appeal No. 1997-0674
Application No. 08/214,971
one. We fail to perceive any teaching, suggestion or
incentive which would have led one of ordinary skill in the
art to do so, except for the hindsight accorded one who first
viewed the appellants’ disclosure. This, of course, is
impermissible as a basis for deprecating an invention. See In
re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1784 (Fed.
Cir. 1992).
SUMMARY
The rejection is not sustained.
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