Appeal No. 1997-3731 Application No. 08/152,089 the art have been able to derive the claimed invention from the applied prior art. It is for this reason that the rejection on appeal cannot be sustained.6 The decision of the examiner is reversed. REVERSED IAN A. CALVERT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JOHN F. GONZALES ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 6Since we have concluded that the evidence of obviousness would not have been suggestive of the claimed invention, we need not focus upon the declaration of Mr. Takashi IWAI (main brief, “APPENDIX 3"). 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007