Appeal No. 1997-4140 Page 7
Application No. 08/279,628
columns, a television program descriptor located in
each cell, a first set of bar codes arranged along
one side of the grid, a second set of bar codes
arranged along another side of the grid
perpendicular to the first set so each cell lies at
the intersection of a bar code in the one set that
represents time and a bar code in the other set that
represents channel ....
In summary, the claimed limitations recite a TV calendar
formatted as a rectangular grid of cells arranged in rows and
columns, with channel bar codes along one side of the grid,
time bar codes along another side, and a TV program descriptor
in each cell.
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)(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
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