Appeal No. 1999-1485
Application No. 08/317,355
alignment notches, to effect an expected, more accurate
alignment of the plate along the abutting edges of the wooden
members, as compared to a conventional visual alignment
technique; this referenced notches and wooden edge alignment
practice being well known in the construction art, as
evidenced by the McWilliams teaching.
This conclusion of obviousness presumes skill on the part of
those practicing the art at issue, not the converse. See In
re Sovish, 769 F.2d 738, 742, 226 USPQ 771, 774 (Fed. Cir.
1985).
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