Ex Parte MEAD et al - Page 9



                    Appeal No. 2003-1992                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/075,777                                                                                                                            

                    material fact."  Dembiczak, 175 F.3d at 1000, 50 USPQ2d at 1617,                                                                                      
                    citing McElmurry v. Arkansas Power & Light Co., 995 F.2d 1576,                                                                                        
                    1578, 27 USPQ2d 1129, 1131 (Fed. Cir. 1993).                                                                                                          
                              The Federal Circuit reviews the Board's ultimate conclusion                                                                                 
                    of obviousness without deference, and the Board's underlying                                                                                          
                    factual determinations for substantial evidence.  In re Huston,                                                                                       
                    308 F.3d 1267, 1276, 64 USPQ2d 1801, 1806 (Fed. Cir. 2002) citing                                                                                     
                    In re Gartside, 203 F.3d 1305, 1316, 53 USPQ2d 1769, 1776 (Fed.                                                                                       
                    Cir. 2000).  "The Board's findings must extend to all material                                                                                        
                    facts and must be documented on the record, lest the 'haze of so-                                                                                     
                    called expertise' acquire insulation from accountability."  In re                                                                                     
                    Lee, 277 F.3d 1338, 1345, 61 USPQ2d 1430, 1435 (Fed. Cir. 2002).                                                                                      
                              Upon our review of Bradbury, we fail to find that Bradbury                                                                                  
                    provides a teaching or a suggestion of attaching the peripheral                                                                                       
                    digital camera to the Bradbury's carrying case.  Bradbury does                                                                                        
                    teach by way of example, the peripheral devices to be carried                                                                                         
                    within the body 4 of case 1 include a digital camera 30.  See                                                                                         
                    Bradbury, column 3, lines 34-36.  Bradbury further teaches that a                                                                                     
                    pair of retaining straps 35 and 36 extend from the bottom of body                                                                                     
                    4 to surround and retain the digital camera 30.  The straps 35                                                                                        
                    and 36 may contain hook and loop material by which said straps                                                                                        

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