Appeal No. 1996-3496
Application No. 08/167,288
Leitheiser et al. (Leitheiser) 4,314,827 Feb. 9,
1982
Bauer et al. (Bauer) 4,657,754 Apr. 14,
1987
Wald et al. (Wald) 5,011,508 Apr. 30,
1991
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 through 4 and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Wald and
Leitheiser; and
(2) Claims 1 through 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Bauer, Clark, Shabaker and
Koppers.
We reverse.
We begin our consideration of the issues before us by
determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. Gechter
v. Davidson, 116 F.3d 1454, 1457, 43 USPQ2d 1030, 1032 (Fed.
Cir. 1997); In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1479, 31 USPQ2d 1671,
1674 (Fed. Cir. 1994). We generally give words in the
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