Appeal No. 2003-1485
Application No. 09/885,086
skilled artisan would have applied the teachings of Krabec to the
individual shields. The level of the skilled artisan should not
be underestimated. See In re Sovish, 769 F.2d 738, 743, 226 USPQ
771, 774 (Fed. Cir. 1985).
Appellant contends (Brief, page 10, and Reply Brief, page 7)
that Krabec requires that the aluminum layers have a thickness of
0.0035 inches, which is greater than appellant's layer thickness,
and that the skilled artisan would not ignore such thickness
requirements. However, the relevant teachings of Krabec are in
the background section and are applicable to any thickness of
aluminum.
Last, appellant asserts (Brief, page 10, and Reply Brief,
page 6) that Krabec is nonanalogous art because it concerns
"multiple shielded coaxial cables with very low transferred
impedance," whereas the invention relates to individually
shielded twisted pair cables. However, both are in the field of
electrical cables. Accordingly, they are in the same field of
endeavor. Thus, we will sustain the obviousness rejections of
claims 4 through 6 and 8 through 10.
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