Appeal No. 2000-0506
Application 08/979,592
support the § 103 rejections before us on appeal, and that the
examiner has relied upon impermissible hindsight knowledge
derived from appellant’s own teachings in attempting to
reconstruct the claimed subject matter out of isolated
teachings in the prior art. Accordingly, we will not sustain
the examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 3, 6, 8 through
10, 12 through 15 and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Von Herrmann (‘013) in view of Cauffman, or
that of claims 1 through 3, 6, 8 through 10, 12 through 15 and
18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Drain in
view of Von Herrmann (‘954) and Cauffman.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
CHARLES E. FRANKFORT )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
JOHN P. McQUADE )
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