Appeal No. 2006-0329
Application 09/839,037
section, if necessary, to cut stoma flange (col. 3, lines 34-45). Thus, the record indicates
that the examiner used impermissible hindsight in combining the references. See W.L.
Gore & Associates v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir.
1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984); In re Rothermel, 276 F.2d 393, 396, 125 USPQ
328, 331 (CCPA 1960).
We therefore reverse the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Bell in view of Collins
and either Snyder or Seib.
DECISION
The rejections of claim 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Seib, and under
35 U.S.C. § 103 over 1) Rothje in view of Snyder, 2) Rothje in view of Seib, 3) Bell in view of
Collins and Snyder, and 4) Bell in view of Collins and Seib, are reversed.
REVERSED
TERRY J. OWENS ) Administrative Patent
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MURRIEL E. CRAWFORD ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS
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ANTON W. FETTING )
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