Ex Parte CASSONI et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2003-1475                                                        
          Application No. 09/352,250                                                  


               The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to             
          the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper           
          No. 18), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can           
          be found in the brief (Paper No. 17).                                       


                                       OPINION                                        


               In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this                
          appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered                    
          appellants’ specification and claims, the applied teachings,1 and           
          the respective viewpoints of appellants and the examiner.  As a             
          consequence of our review, we make the determinations which                 
          follow.                                                                     







               1 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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