Appeal No. 1996-2581 Application No. 08/288,139 translated into semantic commands as required by each of Appellants’ independent claims on appeal. In order for us to sustain the Examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103, we would need to resort to speculation or unfounded assumptions or rationales to supply deficiencies in the factual basis of the rejection before us. In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017, 154 USPQ 173, 178 (CCPA 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1057 (1968), reh’g denied, 390 U.S. 1000 (1968). 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007