Appeal No. 2000-1238 Application 08/566,638 proposed by the examiner or any other manner. See In re Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365, 1370, 55 USPQ2d 1313, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2000) ("to establish obviousness based on a combination of the elements disclosed in the prior art, there must be some motivation, suggestion or teaching of the desirability of making the specific combination that was made by the applicant. See In re Dance, 160 F.3d 1339, 1343, 48 USPQ2d 1635, 1637 (Fed. Cir. 1998)."). -9-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007