Appeal No. 1998-2082
Application 08/521,626
references (Muramatsu and Nagorcka) that the variable in
question (up-ratio) is “known to be result effective.” See In
re Boesch, 617 F.d. 272, 276, 205 USPQ 215, 219 (CCPA 1980).
In order for a claimed parameter to be deemed the result of
obvious experimentation, any such experimentation must come
from within the teachings of the art. In re Waymouth, 499
F.d. 1273, 1276, 182 USPQ 290, 292 (CCPA 1974). Muramatsu and
Nagorcka contain no such teaching.
Accordingly, the rejection of claims 8, 21 and 23, and
claims 2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18-20, 22 and 24 that depend
thereon, will not be sustained.
REVERSED
CHARLES E. FRANKFORT )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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