Appeal No. 1998-0587
Application 08/385,253
based.
Each of appellant’s independent claims 1, 17 and 25
includes an input circuit which is coupled to the respective
outputs of a set of electronic components. The difference
between the appellant’s claimed invention and Squires is not
disputed. The examiner acknowledges that Squires “only
discloses one output coupled to the input circuit” (answer at
pages 4, 7 and 8) and “does not disclose a signal from a
preselected one of the outputs coupled to the input circuit”
(answer at page 3) (emphasis added).
According to the examiner, however, “[a]dding additional
outputs will allow for individual optimization of each
electronic component” (answer at pages 4, 7 and 8). The
examiner cites no evidence to support this finding which
appears to be based solely on hindsight in light of the
appellant’s own disclosure. Any optimization revealed by
Squires, as applied by the examiner, is based on a single
output collectively generated by a set of electronic
components. The examiner has not demonstrated that Squires
would have reasonably suggested to one with ordinary skill in
the art that a separate output should be received by the input
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