Appeal No. 1997-1314
Application No. 08/300,684
spring has two spaced apart raised ribs extending
longitudinally along at least part of the body portion.”
(Emphasis added.)
Thus we find that Fukuzawa clearly teaches
everything recited in claim 7. As to claim 10, which requires
that the ribs be “located near opposite longitudinal edges of
the spring,” we find this is clearly shown in Fukuzawa’s
Figure 9. Accordingly, we will sustain the Examiner’s 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims 7 and 10.
It is the burden of the Examiner to establish why
one having ordinary skill in the art would have been led to
the claimed invention by the reasonable teachings or
suggestions found in the prior art, or by a reasonable
inference to the artisan contained in such teachings or
suggestions. In re Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989, 995, 217 USPQ 1, 6
(Fed. Cir. 1983).
Obviousness is a question of law based on findings of
underlying facts relating to the prior art, the skill of the
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