Appeal No. 1998-1878 Page 3
Application No. 08/543,734
The full text of the examiner's rejection and the
response to the arguments presented by appellants appear in
the final rejection (Paper No. 19, mailed May 15, 1997) and
the answer (Paper No. 23, mailed February 11, 1998), while the
complete statement of appellants’ arguments can be found in
the brief (Paper No. 22, filed October 10, 1997).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants’ specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we conclude that
the rejection cannot be sustained.
The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings
of the references would have suggested to one of ordinary
skill in the art. See In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 591, 18
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