Appeal No. 2000-1613
Application No. 09/178,053
the rod (col 2, lines 50 to 61; col 4, line 66, to col. 5,
line 23). Since the rod 19 to which the Klingel clamp is
attached is not disclosed as being subject to oscillation
and/or as suspension for a pipe, conduit, or other structure,
it is not apparent why one of ordinary skill would have found
it obvious from Roth's disclosure to brace the Klingel rod 19
by providing the Klingel clamp with a means (such as Roth’s
angle portion 36) for attaching a strut thereto. Any such
modification of Klingel would be based on impermissible
hindsight gleaned from appellant’s own disclosure, rather than
from the teachings of the prior art.
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