Appeal No. 1999-1784
Application 08/710,853
Applying the test for obviousness, we reach the 3
conclusion that it would have been obvious to one having
ordinary skill in the art, from a combined assessment of the
applied teachings, to coat surfaces of the housing 3 of
Pacosz, about the ultraviolet device 11, with a reflective
paint. From our perspective, one having ordinary skill in the
art would have been amply motivated to make the aforementioned
modification to gain the expected benefit of reflecting
ultraviolet rays to intensify and control radiation,
following the teaching of Berlant. For these reasons, we
support the rejection of claim 10. As to the content of claim
11, it is our opinion that applying primer before painting to
assure proper paint adherence would have been obvious as
simply the exercise of a well known practice. One of ordinary
skill would have been expected to rely upon known practices to
obtain
3The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings
of references would have suggested to one of ordinary skill in
the art. See In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 591, 18 USPQ2d 1089,
1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991) and In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425, 208
USPQ 871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
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