Appeal No. 1999-0990
Application No. 08/647,562
suggestion, teaching, or motivation to combine references may
flow from the prior art themselves, the knowledge of one of
ordinary skill in the art, or from the nature of the problem
to be solved. See Pro-Mold & Tool Co. v. Great Lakes
Plastics, Inc., 75 F.3d 1568, 1573, 37 USPQ2d 1626, 1630 (Fed.
Cir. 1996). “[T]he showing must be clear and particular.” In
re Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 999, 50 USPQ2d 1614, 1617 (Fed.
Cir. 1999). Merely because Maeda teaches water-soluble
hemicellulose as an adhesive
Answer).
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