Appeal No. 2001-2354
Application No. 09/186,687
No. 16), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can
be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 15 and 17).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issues raised
in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
appellants’ specification and claims, the applied teachings,2 and
the respective viewpoints of appellants and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we make the determinations which
follow.
The first rejection
We cannot sustain the rejection of claim 1 and claims 2, 4,
6, 9 through 12, and 14 directly or indirectly dependent thereon.
2
2 In our evaluation of the applied prior art, we have
considered all of the disclosure of each document for what it
would have fairly taught one of ordinary skill in the art. See
In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965, 148 USPQ 507, 510 (CCPA 1966).
Additionally, this panel of the board has taken into account not
only the specific teachings, but also the inferences which one
skilled in the art would reasonably have been expected to draw
from the disclosure. See In re Preda, 401 F.2d 825, 826, 159
USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
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