Appeal No. 1999-0226 Page 12
Application No. 08/447,217
such hindsight knowledge to support an obviousness rejection
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is, of course, impermissible. See, for
example, W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721
F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 1, 9 and 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
utilizing Peterson as the primary reference is reversed.
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