Appeal No. 1997-3104
Application 08/221,124
Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir.),
cert. dismissed, 468 U.S. 1228 (1984), citing Kalman v.
Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789
(Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
Furthermore, "[t]o establish inherency, the
extrinsic evidence 'must make clear that the missing
descriptive matter is necessarily present in the thing
described in the reference, and that it would be so recognized
by persons of ordinary skill.'" In re Robertson, 169 F.3d
743, 745, 49 USPQ2d 1949, 1950-51 (Fed. Cir. 1999) citing
Continental Can Co. v. Monsanto Co., 948 F.3d 1264, 1268, 20
USPQ2d 1746, 1749 (Fed. Cir. 1991). "Inherency, however, may
not be established by probabilities or possibili-ties. The
mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of
circumstances is not sufficient." Id. at 1269, 20 USPQ2d at
1749 (quoting In re Oelrich, 666 F.2d 578, 581, 212 USPQ 323,
326 (CCPA 1981).
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