Appeal No. 1997-3425 Page 13
Application No. 08/087,824
The examiner fails to show a teaching or suggestion of
the claimed limitations. “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), cert.
denied, 519 U.S. 822 (1996) (citing W.L. Gore & Assocs., Inc.
v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1551, 1553, 220 USPQ 303,
311, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851
(1984)). The mere fact that prior art may be modified as
proposed by an examiner does not make the modification obvious
unless the prior art suggested the desirability thereof. In
re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1784 (Fed.
Cir. 1992); In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902, 221 USPQ 1125,
1127 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
Microsoft teaches saving “previous MS-DOS files in a
directory,” p. 6, and “stor[ing] information about your
previous versions of MS-DOS on one or two disks.” Id.
Regarding the later information, the reference specifically
mentions “cop[ying] your previous version of CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT files to the Uninstall disks ....” Id. The
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