Appeal No. 1999-2095
Application 08/475,624
Based on the forgoing analysis of Tieden, this reference
teaches a system in which signals pertaining to the
operational status of a machine are generated and are
transmitted to a signal-monitoring computer for storage and
subsequent retrieval to avoid need for the operator to make
oral or written reports (see column 1, lines 53-57) in order
to preserve information useful for operating and servicing the
machine. Appellants even concede that Tieden teaches “certain
different ways of improving a diagnostic system, . . .” (main
brief, page 15). That teaching coupled with the other
teachings discussed supra would have been ample motivation for
one of ordinary skill in the art to equip the conversion
machine of the APA with a system corresponding to Tieden’s
improved diagnostic system.
Needless to say, a prima facie case of obviousness does
not require Tieden to suggest such an improved diagnostic
system expressly for a cushioning conversion machine as
appellants seem to argue on page 15 of the main brief.
Instead, to warrant a conclusion of obviousness, it is
sufficient, as in the case at bar, that the combined teachings
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