Ex Parte Tsengas - Page 8




             Appeal No. 2004-1836                                                          Page 8              
             Application No. 09/590,815                                                                        


             Tiffin, 448 F.2d at 792, 171 USPQ at 294 ("cups" in the objective evidence versus                 
             "containers" in the claims)) or if the objective evidence contains limitations or elements        
             not recited in the claims.  See White v. Jeffrey Mining Machinery Co., 723 F.2d 1553,             
             1559, 220 USPQ 703, 706 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 825 (1984); In re                
             Fenn, 639 F.2d 762, 765, 208 USPQ 470, 472 (CCPA 1981).                                           


                   In this case, the evidence of nonobviousness2 clearly lacks nexus with claims 33            
             and 34 since it is directed to the commercial embodiment which is set forth in claim 1.3          
             As such, the evidence of nonobviousness is entitled to little weight. Evidence of                 
             nonobviousness, although being a factor that certainly must be considered, is not                 
             necessarily controlling.  See Newell Cos., Inc. v. Kenney Mfg. Co., 864 F.2d 757, 768, 9          
             USPQ2d 1417, 1426 (Fed. Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 814 (1989).                            


                   In view of the foregoing, we are satisfied that when all the evidence and                   
             arguments are considered, the evidence of nonobviousness fails to outweigh the                    
             evidence of obviousness as in Richardson-Vicks Inc. v. Upjohn Co., 122 F.3d 1476, 44              
             USPQ2d 1181 (Fed. Cir. 1997) and EWP Corp. v. Reliance Universal, Inc., 755 F.2d                  
             898, 225 USPQ 20 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 843 (1985).  Upon weighing all the           


                   2 The declaration of the appellant filed October 28, 2002 (Paper No. 17).                   
                   3 See paragraph 2 of the declaration.                                                       







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