Appeal No. 2005-0823
Application No. 10/300,895 Page 38
consideration of consolidation of the industries's BSP functions,
and the knowledge among artisans that the industry at some time
was going to move to a daily or next day reporting system. From
the evidence of record, we fail to find a nexus between the
November 15, 2002 ARC announcement of its intention to move from
weekly reporting to daily reporting, and the meetings with
appellant. If the move from a weekly reporting system came as a
result of appellant's meetings with members of the airline
industry from June through September 2002, it is not supported by
the evidence in this record.
We are not persuaded by appellant's assertion (brief, page
11) that the examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case
of obviousness of the independent claims because even if the
references were combined, they do not teach all of the
limitations of the independent claims. From our findings, supra,
with respect to the teachings of the prior art, we find that the
references would have suggested to an artisan the claimed
invention, particularly in view of the teachings of IATA and
Cogswell.
Nor are we persuaded by appellant's assertion (brief, page
13) that the prior art does not appear to have recognized the
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