Appeal No. 1998-1962 Page 6
Application No. 08/213,933
§ 103 must rest on a factual basis with these facts being
interpreted without hindsight reconstruction of the invention
from the prior art. The examiner may not, because of doubt
that the invention is patentable, resort to speculation,
unfounded assumption or hindsight reconstruction to supply
deficiencies in the factual basis for the rejection. See In
re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017, 154 USPQ 173, 177 (CCPA 1967),
cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1057 (1968).
Perry discloses a security apparatus to attach components
of a personal computer together to deter their unauthorized
removal. As shown in Figures 1-4, the security apparatus
includes a central anchor 2 and several (up to five in the
case of the illustrated embodiment) peripheral anchors 4.
Perry's central anchor 2 comprises first and second
plates 8 and 10. Plate 8 is formed with five cylindrical
holes 12, and plate 10 is formed with five cylindrical holes
20. Hexagonal-headed bolts 22 are fitted in holes 12, the
heads of the bolts being received in the recesses 14 and being
held
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