Appeal No. 1997-1053
Application No. 08/432,291
modification. [Citations omitted]”).
The examiner has not established, by convincing reasons
or evidence, why it would have been desirable or needed to use
the filter known in the art in the process of Tam. Merely
because an infrared or red light sensitive filter could be
incorporated into the process of Tam does not make the
modification of Tam obvious. Accordingly, the rejection of
the appealed claims under
§ 103 over Tam cannot be sustained.
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