Appeal No. 2004-1756 Page 5
Application No. 09/880,882
(Answer, page 4). As correctly observed by the appellant, the
Bryant patent contains no disclosure at all of any particular
angle value or range of values. Thus, the examiner’s afore noted
conclusion is in fact mere speculation. We here remind the
examiner that a § 103 rejection must rest on facts without resort
to speculation, unfounded assumptions or hindsight. In re
Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017, 154 USPQ 173,178 (CCPA 1967), cert.
denied, 389 U.S. 1057 (1968).
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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Bradley R. Garris )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
Peter F. Kratz )
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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) INTERFERENCES
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Beverly A. Pawlikowski )
Administrative Patent Judge )
ELD
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