Appeal No. 1998-0463
Application No. 08/450,849
and 4, while the complete statement of appellant’s argument
can be found in the brief (Paper No. 11).
In the brief (page 3), appellant groups claims 1 through
21 together and groups claims 22 and 23 with each other.
However, the arguments advanced in the brief appear to address
matters relating to the content of each of the independent
claims on appeal. Therefore, to fairly address the claimed
subject matter on appeal, we shall focus our attention, infra,
upon independent claims 1, 18, 20, and 22, with the dependent
claims respectively standing or falling therewith.
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue1
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellant’s specification and independent claims 1,
1The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings
of references would have suggested to one of ordinary skill in
the art. See In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 591, 18 USPQ2d 1089,
1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991) and In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425, 208
USPQ 871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
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