Appeal No. 1997-2075 Page 4
Application No. 08/362,362
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).
Claims 1 to 5
In accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), we have selected
claim 1 as the representative claim from the appellant's
grouping of claims 1 to 5 to decide the appeal on this
rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 103. See page 7 of the appellant's brief.
With regard to the teachings of Vaccari and Duley, the
examiner found (final rejection, pp. 2-3) that
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