Appeal No. 1998-1320
Application No. 08/305,643
functions of each of the omitted segmented displays in
Appellant’s claimed system are retained. In other words,
Appellant’s claimed system is reconfigured to perform the
functions of the removed displays by providing for display of
alphanumeric characters and system parameters by the single
7, 8 segment display. Our reviewing authority has held that
the omission of an element and the retention of its function
is an indicia of unobviousness. In re Edge, 359 F.2d 896,
899,
149 USPQ 556, 557 (CCPA 1966).
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