Appeal No. 99-0230
Application No. 08/396,277
Claims 1-3 and 6-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Edgar in view of Henry, the
textbook, and Snook.
Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being clearly anticipated by Henry.
OPINION
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the rejections, we make reference to the
final rejection (Paper No. 23) for the reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to the Appellant’s Brief (Paper No. 27).
The Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. § 103
The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings
of the prior art would have suggested to one of ordinary skill
in the art. See, for example, In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413,
425, 208 USPQ 871, 881 (CCPA 1981). In establishing a prima
facie case of obviousness, it is incumbent upon the examiner
to provide a reason why one of ordinary skill in the art would
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