Appeal No. 1997-0262
Application 08/286,795
thereof, we see no way that one could remove the nuts (153,
155) without first having to disengage the connection
between the holding members (131, 135) and the bracket (29) as
is explained in column 8, line 64, et seq., of Sakakida. This
being the case, it follows that the cover of Sakakida Figures
8-10 is not “releasable for permitting removal or replacement
of said cover means without disturbance of the connection of
said tether to said at least one of said panel and said
housing,” as required in appellants’ claim 1 on appeal. In
this regard, we agree with appellants’ arguments found on
pages 4-6 of the brief and pages 2-3 of the reply brief.
We particularly observe that the examiner’s position (answer,
page 5) that the nuts (153) can be accessed directly through a
gap between the cover members and housing (said gap
purportedly being found in Fig. 2 of Sakakida between the
housing 20 opening and the doors 24a, 24b) is based on total
speculation and finds no support whatsoever in the Sakakida
reference. Thus, the examiner’s rejection of claim 1 on
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