Appeal No. 98-1447
Application 08/385,356
complete statement of appellant’s argument can be found in the
main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 13, 15, and 17).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered
appellant’s specification and claims, the applied patents,3
and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the examiner.
As a consequence of our review, we make the determination
which follows.
3 In our evaluation of the applied references, we have considered all of the
disclosure of each patent 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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