Appeal No. 95-2979
Application No. 08/093,571
Yabuki (Japan) 4,2450942 Sep. 1, 1992
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as being
unpatentable over either one of Kobayashi or Bleiman or
Ikedo in view of Yabuki.3
Rather than reiterate the arguments of appellants and
the examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse.
Independent claim 1 requires that the “restrictor and
disc guide means” be “located at and affixed behind said
door to said escutcheon-lens construction at a point
intermediate the width and on only one side of the disc
opening and extending internally thereof…”
None of the primary references teaches or suggests such
a guide means located and affixed as claimed. The examiner
recognizes this deficiency in each of the references but
explains that it would have been obvious to provide such a
disk guide means in each of the primary references because,
with regard to Kobayashi [page 5 of the answer] and Ikedo
[page 10 of the answer], such a disc guide means would
2 Our understanding of this reference is based on an English
translation thereof prepared by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office. A copy of said translation is attached hereto.
3 A final rejection under 35 U.S.C. ' 112, second paragraph, has
been withdrawn by the examiner. Accordingly, such rejection is
not before us on appeal.
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