Appeal No. 1999-0405
Application No. 08/651,571
combinable with the molten metal pump shaft and impeller
arrangement involved in Mordue. Like appellants, we consider
that the examiner has improperly relied upon an "obvious to
try" standard of patentability and used impermissible
hindsight in attempting to combine the disparate teachings of
Mordue and Hattori so as to arrive at appellants’ claimed
subject matter. Thus, the examiner’s rejection of claim 19
under
35 U.S.C. § 103 will not be sustained.
12
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007