Appeal No. 2001-0472 Page 10
Application No. 09/153,951
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).
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 19 to 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
reversed.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claim 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, is affirmed
and the
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