Ex parte EDWARDS et al. - Page 11




                 Appeal No. 98-1922                                                                                      Page 11                        
                 Application No. 08/253,721                                                                                                             


                          For the reasons stated above, the decision of the                                                                             
                 examiner to reject claim 2 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.                                                                          


                 Claims 3, 4 and 6                                                                                                                      
                          The appellants have grouped claims 2-4 and 6 as standing                                                                      
                 or falling together.   Thereby, in accordance with 37 CFR7                                                                                                  
                 § 1.192(c)(7), claims 3, 4 and 6 fall with claim 2.  Thus, it                                                                          
                 follows that the decision of the examiner to reject claims 3,                                                                          
                 4 and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is also affirmed.                                                                                        


                 Claim 7                                                                                                                                
                          Claim 7 reads as follows:                                                                                                     
                                   The slide according to Claim 16 in which said sheet                                                                  
                          has a concave configuration toward said furniture to be                                                                       
                          moved.                                                                                                                        


                          The appellants argue (brief, p. 8) that Maeda does not                                                                        
                 teach or suggest the claimed sheet having "a concave                                                                                   
                 configuration toward said furniture to be moved."                                                                                      




                          7See page 5 of the brief.                                                                                                     







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