Ex parte WHITE et al. - Page 6




          Appeal No. 2001-0212                                       Page 6           
          Application No. 08/958,497                                                  


          claimed invention stems from hindsight knowledge derived from               
          the appellants' own disclosure.  The use of such hindsight                  
          knowledge to support an obviousness rejection under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 103 is, of course, impermissible.  See, for example, W. L.                
          Gore and Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553,               
          220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S.               
          851 (1984).  It follows that we cannot sustain the examiner's               
          rejections of claims 8 to 13.                                               


                                     CONCLUSION                                       


























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