Appeal No. 1998-3207 Page 13
Application No. 08/518,874
the time the invention was made . . . to occupy the mind of
one skilled in the art who is presented only with the
references, and who is normally guided by the then-accepted
wisdom in the art." Id. Since the "means for linking"
limitation of the claims under appeal is not taught or
suggested by the applied prior art, we will not sustain the 35
U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claims 1 and 18, and of
dependent claims 3-9, 19 and 20.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1, 3-13 and 18-21 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject
claim 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed; and the
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