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          Appeal No. 1999-2324                                                        
          Application 08/723,737                                                      


          not persuasive because it fails to take into account that                   
          artisans must be presumed to know something about the prior                 
          art apart from what the references disclose.  In re Jacoby,                 
          309 F.2d 513, 516, 135 USPQ 317, 319 (CCPA 1962).  In the                   
          present instance, we are informed in the “Background” section               
          of appellant’s specification (see page 1, line 13, through                  
          page 2, line 24) that the so-called “yield problem” in                      
          processing rendered animal meal is a known problem to those                 
          versed in the art.                                                          









               Appellant’s request has been granted to the extent of                  
          reconsidering our decision, but is denied with respect to                   
          making any changes therein.                                                 
                                       DENIED                                         





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