Appeal No. 1997-1503 Page 7
Application No. 08/422,649
recording medium cartridges to directly enter" the
cell unit. Clearly, element (236) disclosed by
Jenkins et al. satisfies this limitation.
(Examiner’s Answer at 5.)
We agree with the appellants.
Claims 1, 2, 9, 10, and 18-28 each specifies in pertinent
part the following limitations.
a cell unit . . . having a plurality of cell
columns each including a plurality of cells, each
cell for accommodating a recording medium cartridge;
. . .
a door ... to allow a large number of recording
medium cartridges to directly enter, all at once,
into the cells of a selected cell column in said
cell
unit ....
We find that the limitations recite a door that permits a
large number of cartridges to be directly entered, all at
once, into the cells of a cell column in a cell unit.
The examiner fails to show a teaching or suggestion of
the limitations in the prior art. “Obviousness may not be
established using hindsight or in view of the teachings or
suggestions of the inventor.” Para-Ordnance Mfg. v. SGS
Importers Int’l, 73 F.3d 1085, 1087, 37 USPQ2d 1237, 1239
(Fed. Cir. 1995) (citing W.L. Gore & Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock,
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