Appeal No. 2000-0194
Application No. 08/774,126
being. Furthermore, we agree with the examiner that 27, 28 and
29 in Slaugh can be considered as the designating means for a
designated geographical region. However, the examiner has not
shown the claimed means, responsive to such designated
geographical means, for gradually shifting, over a set time
period, the means for displaying the time period of a life rythm
to match a life rythm corresponding to the designated region.
To simply allege that it would have been obvious to include such
means in Slaugh or Haydon, as this was a well known feature in
the art, is not sufficient for the examiner to establish a prima
facie case of obviousness. Therefore, we do not sustain the
obviousness rejection of claims 20 and 21 over either Slaugh or
Haydon.
The decision of the examiner under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
reversed.
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