Ex Parte Zhou et al - Page 11

                 Appeal 2006-2650                                                                                       
                 Application 10/011,886                                                                                 

                     Contrary to Appellants, we find the Examiner has provided the requisite                            
                 detailed analysis of the prior art and a reasoned basis for concluding that one                        
                 of ordinary skill in the art would have possessed the knowledge and                                    
                 motivation to make the claimed invention.  See Kahn, 441 F.3d at 988, 78                               
                 USPQ2d at 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2006).  The Examiner notes that the references                               
                 teach the chemical similarity of compositions containing Ge and Te.  The                               
                 Examiner points out that the references teach using a variety of wavelengths                           
                 with GeTe based recording layers.  (Answer 5). Therefore, one of ordinary                              
                 skill in the art would have had a reasonable expectation that Tyan’s GeTe                              
                 recording layer would function with the short wavelength blue lasers (380-                             
                 420 nm) taught by Kasami.  See In re Beattie, 974 F.2d 1309, 1312,                                     
                 24 USPQ2d 1040, 1042 (Fed. Cir. 1992) ("As long as some motivation or                                  
                 suggestion to combine the references is provided by the prior art taken as a                           
                 whole, the law does not require that the references be combined for the                                
                 reasons contemplated by the inventor.").  Likewise one of ordinary skill in                            
                 the art would have had a reasonable expectation of gaining the advantages                              
                 taught by Zhou, Kojima or Kobayashi when adding oxygen or nitrogen to                                  
                 the multilayer stack of Kasami as modified by Tyan and Uno.  See In re                                 
                 Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1264-65, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1782-83 (Fed. Cir. 1992)                               
                 (A reference stands for all of the specific teachings thereof as well as the                           
                 inferences one of ordinary skill in this art would have reasonably been                                
                 expected to draw therefrom.).  As pointed out by the Examiner, the burden is                           
                 on Appellants to establish that the addition of nitrogen or oxygen in the                              
                 manner set forth in the claims exhibits unobvious effects when used with the                           



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