Appeal No. 1999-2765 Page 6
Application No. 08/752,396
1985). We are bound to consider the disclosure of each
reference for what it fairly teaches one of ordinary skill in
the art, including not only the specific teachings, but also
the inferences which one of ordinary skill in the art would
reasonably have been expected to draw therefrom. See In re
Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 148 USPQ 507 (CCPA 1966); and In re Preda,
401 F.2d 825, 159 USPQ 342 (CCPA 1968).
With this as background, we analyze the prior art applied
by the examiner in the rejection of the claims on appeal.
Hunts' invention relates to doll houses, play houses,
sheds and the like, and more particularly to those that are
provided in kit form for simplified assembly. Hunts teaches
(column 1, lines 31-41) that the basic concept of his
invention is that it provides specially configured panel edges
preferably about all peripheral edges of a plurality of rigid,
sheet-like panels and a variety of correspondingly configured
panel connector members arranged to engage each panel edge in
a positively locking, yet releasable, snap-fit connection, to
provide a panel connection system in which panels can be
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