Appeal No. 2000-2232
Application 08/483,928
held, box-like housing support a camera, a video
recorder/reproducer and a printer. In addition, we agree with
Appellant that Camras teaches away from the Examiner's
proposed combination.
One important indicium of non-obviousness is "teaching
away" from the claimed invention by the prior art. In re Dow
Chemical Co., 837 F.2d 469, 473, 5 USPQ2d 1529, 1532 (Fed.
Cir. 1988), In re Bell, 991 F.2d 781, 784, 26 USPQ2d 1529,
1531 (Fed. Cir. 1993). Camras specifically divides his video
recording system into a separate camera station (260) and a
separate remote recorder/monitor station (270, 252) which use
wireless communications . Camras states that such separate28
camera station may readily be carried about without
difficulty , and that as a result of the arrangement the29
camera station may be small and extremely light weight . In 30
addition, Camras teaches that the camera station takes the31
28Column 3, lines 9-38.
29Column 1, lines 19-27.
30 Column 1, lines 32-41.
31Column 1, lines 41-61.
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