Appeal No. 98-1048
Application 08/516,245
22. The body includes an engagement projection 21 and the
head includes a neck hole 23 for receiving the engagement
projection. As shown in Figure 1, the engagement projection
has a generally ball-shaped end, a cylindrical base and a
narrow portion therebetween, and the neck hole has internal
surfaces which seat upon these elements.
According to the examiner,
[i]t would have been obvious to have provided the
non-spherical enlarged retaining end (5) of Rovex .
. . with an enlarged ball-like end (21) of Takara.
As further taught by Takara, this requires
complimentary [sic] shaped walls to engage such a
wide end retainer and would also have been obvious
to have provided with Rovex. Specifically, this
complimentary [sic] wall structure includes a
tapered aperture (where contact with ball 21 is made
in the figure) extending from the neck (23) recess
toward the top of the end ball, forming an inwardly
extending edge which lockingly engages the narrowed
portion [answer, page 4].
The examiner has not explained, however, nor is it
apparent, why one of ordinary skill in the art would have
found this modification of the Rovex doll to be obvious.
Indeed, the importance Rovex places on the stark undercut
shape embodied by cone 5 to the attainment of a secure
5
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