Appeal No. 1999-1081 Page 6
Application No. 08/458,983
out above with regard to the Section 102(b) rejection is not overcome, inasmuch as the
record provides no reasons why one of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated
to apply the teachings of the references regarding building panel elements to building
blocks, other than the hindsight afforded one who first viewed the appellants’ disclosure.
The rejections of claims 15, 18 and 71 under Section 103 are not sustained.
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suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art. See, for example, In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413,
425, 208 USPQ 871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
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