Appeal No. 1998-1181
Application No. 08/442,883
reviewing court requires the PTO to make specific findings on
a suggestion to combine prior art references. In re
Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 1000-01, 50 USPQ2d 1614, 1617-19
(Fed. Cir. 1999).
Therefore, we will not sustain the rejection of claim 46-
50 and 55-56 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Blair in combination with Krolopp.
CONCLUSION
We have not sustained the rejection claims 46-48 and 55-
56 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Blair, the
rejection of claims 55-56 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Krolopp, the rejection of claims 49-50 and 57
under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Blair, and the rejection of claims
46-50 and 55-56 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
Blair in view of Krolopp.
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