Appeal No. 2004-1171 Application No. 09/754,618 The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper No. 14), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 13 and 16). 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 determination which follows. 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). 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007