Appeal No. 1996-3367 Page 7
Application No. 08/480,554
comparison Example 2 that discloses a ratio of catalyst
components within the claimed range whether considered as a
ratio of 0.33 as reported by Böttger or as a ratio of 0.28 as
suggested may be the case by appellants (brief, page 6). In
this regard, a reference may be relied upon for all that it
would have reasonably suggested to one having ordinary skill
the art, including non-preferred embodiments. Merck & Co. v.
Biocraft Labs., Inc., 874 F.2d 804, 807, 10 USPQ2d 1843, 1846
(Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 975 (1989). Moreover, in
evaluating such references it is proper to take into account
not only the specific teachings of the references but also the
inferences which one skilled in the art would reasonably be
expected to draw therefrom. In re Preda, 401 F.2d 825, 826,
159 USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
"The use of patents as references is not limited to what
the patentees describe as their own inventions or to the
problems with which they are concerned. They are part of the
literature of the art, relevant for all they contain." In re
Heck, 699 F.2d
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