Appeal No. 98-0198
Application No. 08/544,299
examiner’s position that one of ordinary skill in the art
would have found it obvious to modify the sheets disclosed in
the French reference to conform to the claim requirements
noted above, in view of the teachings of Mendyk.
From our perspective, however, even if motivation exists
for combining the teachings of the French reference with those
of Mendyk, the most that would have been suggested to one of
ordinary skill in the art is attaching the sheets of the
French reference together along the entirety of both side
edges. Thus, the teachings of these two references fail to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to
the basic subject matter that is present in all of the claims
before us. The addition of Crockett and/or Kawtoski to this
combination does not alleviate this shortcoming.
None of the rejections are sustained.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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