Appeal No. 1998-1870
Application No. 08/447,063
In light of the above, we share the examiner's assessment
that the Chikaishi document is reasonably pertinent to the
pinhole problem in a packaging film, as addressed by appellants,
in that it is clearly a teaching that would have commended itself
to an inventor in considering the specific problem of pinholes in
packaging films. Accordingly, Chikaishi is fairly viewed as
appropriate, highly relevant, and analogous prior art.
In applying the test for obviousness, we make the4
determination that it would have been obvious to one having
ordinary skill in the art, from a combined consideration of the
respective teachings of Uchiyama, Phillips, Edwards, and
Hodakowski with the Chikaishi disclosure, to rely upon a
laminated film in fabricating a known package containing an
agrochemical. As we see it, the motivation on the part of one
having ordinary skill in the art for reconfiguring a known single
film package with a laminated film would have simply been to
overcome the art recognized film pinhole problem with the art
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