Appeal No. 1997-2046 Page 13
Application No. 08/059,350
Claim 56 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: "a least one ferromagnetic layer stacked on said
planar inductance element; where said ferromagnetic layer is
two-dimensionally divided into a plurality of ferromagnetic
portions with no intervening structures between the portion."
Accordingly, the limitations require a ferromagnetic layer
that is two-dimensionally divided into portions.
The examiner fails to show a 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,
Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1551, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 311, 312-13
(Fed. Cir. 1983)). “The mere fact that the prior art may be
modified in the manner suggested by the Examiner does not make
the modification obvious unless the prior art suggested the
desirability of the modification.” In re Fritch, 972 F.2d
1260, 1266, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1784 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (citing In
re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902, 221 USPQ 1125, 1127 (Fed. Cir.
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