Appeal No. 1998-0631
Application 07/957,990
in greater detail than argued by an appellant, looking for
nonobvious distinctions over the prior art.");
In re Wiechert, 370 F.2d 927, 936, 152 USPQ 247, 254 (CCPA
1967) ("This court has uniformly followed the sound rule
that an issue raised below which is not argued in this
court, even if it has been properly brought here by a reason
of appeal, is regarded as abandoned and will not be
considered. It is our function as a court to decide
disputed issues, not to create them."); In re Wiseman, 596
F.2d 1019, 1022, 201 USPQ 658, 661 (CCPA 1979) (arguments
must first be presented to the Board before they can be
argued on appeal).
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