Appeal No. 98-0107 Page 4
Application No. 08/545,920
teaching of a carrier or magazine for storing and
dispensing semi-automatic cartridge clips. He
nevertheless takes the following position:
However, the carriers of Puckett, Buban et al., and
Yablans show and suggest that different articles of
similar shape can be dispensed and that the opening
is sized for the specific article to be dispensed.
It would have been obvious to shape the opening of
Puckett, Buban et al., and Yablans to the size of a
cartridge clip when it is desired to dispense a
cartridge clip. [Answer, page 4.]
We have carefully considered the issues raised in
this appeal together with the examiner’s remarks and
appellant’s arguments. As a result, we conclude that none
of the rejections can be sustained.
It is well established patent law that there must be
some teaching, suggestion or inference in the prior art as
a whole or some knowledge generally available to one of
ordinary skill in the art that would have led one of
ordinary skill in the art to make the modification needed
to arrive at the claimed invention. See, inter alia, In
re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 1074, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed
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