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          Appeal No. 2006-1215                                                        
          Application No. 09/781,324                                                  

          1343, 61 USPQ2d at 1433-34.  The examiner cannot simply reach               
          conclusions based on the examiner’s own understanding or                    
          experience - or on his or her assessment of what would be basic             
          knowledge or common sense.  Rather, the examiner must point to              
          some concrete evidence in the record in support of these                    
          findings.  In re Zurko, 258 F.3d 1379, 1386, 59 USPQ2d 1693, 1697           
          (Fed. Cir. 2001).  Thus the examiner must not only assure that              
          the requisite findings are made, based on evidence of record, but           
          must also explain the reasoning by which the findings are deemed            
          to support the examiner’s conclusion.  However,  a suggestion,              
          teaching, or motivation to combine the relevant prior art                   
          teachings does not have to be found explicitly in the prior art,            
          as the teaching, motivation, or suggestion may be implicit from             
          the prior art as a whole, rather than expressly stated in the               
          references.  The test for an implicit showing is what the                   
          combined teachings, knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the               
          art, and the nature of the problem to be solved as a  whole would           
          have suggested to those of ordinary skill in the art.  In re                
          Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 987, 78 USPQ2d 1329, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2006)              
          (citing  In re Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365, 1370, 55 USPQ2d 1313 (Fed.            
          Cir. 2000)).   See also   In re Thrift, 298 F. 3d 1357, 1363, 63            

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