Appeal No. 1999-1042 Page 5 Application No. 08/781,220 or from the knowledge generally available to one of ordinary skill in the art and not from the appellant's disclosure. See, for example, Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp., 837 F.2d 1044, 1052, 5 USPQ2d 1434, 1439 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 825 (1988). As manifested in independent claim 14, the appellant’s invention comprises a hollow column formed of at least five vertical planar side panels, all having the same width and each being immediately adjacent two others of the side panels. A medical gas supply assembly is supported on each of the five side panels, all at the same height and between about 40 and about 60 inches above the floor. The width of each side panel is only slightly greater than the width of the medical gas supply assembly mounted thereon. According the first two of the examiner’s rejections, both Russo and Schwartz disclose the basic structure recited in claim 14, except for the five-sided assembly with gas service outlets on all five sides, the gas outlets being at equal distances and at a particular height, and the specified width of the panels. It is the examiner’s position, however, that it would have been obvious to one ofPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007