Appeal No. 1997-3403 Application No. 08/032,889 prior art.”); In re Wiechert, 370 F.2d 927, 936, 152 USPQ 247, 254 (CCPA 1967) (“This court has uniformly followed the sound rule that an issue raised below which is not argued in this court, even if it has been properly brought here by reason of appeal is regarded as abandoned and 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007