Trilateral Project 24.1-Biotechnology 060

The Examiner must take into account the common general knowledge or commonly used art available prior to the filing date. Not all relevant documents, even those published prior to the filing date, are to be taken into consideration for evaluating the sufficiency of the disclosure. Only those documents which are likely to be accessible and consulted by skilled workers in the art can be relied upon for the information disclosed therein. Howarth, at 107, 210 USPQ at 692-93.