Appeal No. 98-0609
Application 08/490,203
as being unpatentable over Finley in view of Dolan.
The full text of the examiner's rejections and response
to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer
(Paper
No. 8), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument
can be found in the main and reply brief (Paper Nos. 7 and 9).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issues
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellant’s specification and claims, the applied
patents, and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the2
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
2 In our evaluation of each of the applied patents, we have considered all of the
disclosure thereof for what it would have fairly taught one of ordinary skill in the
art. See In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965, 148 USPQ 507, 510 (CCPA 1966). Additionally,
this panel of the board has taken into account not only the specific teachings, but also
the inferences which one skilled in the art would reasonably have been expected to draw
from the disclosure. See In re Preda 401 F.2d 825, 826, 159 USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
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