Appeal No. 98-2164 Page 3
Application No. 08/587,931
Claims 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Lautenschläger. The examiner is of the
opinion that the particular shape of the projection is a matter
of design choice.
With respect to the examiner's position that
Lautenschläger teaches all the subject matter defined by
independent claim 11, the appellant argues that Lautenschläger
fails to teach (1) two drawer sides wherein each drawer side
includes a horizontally extending flange with only a single
projection extending upwardly from each horizontally extending
flange, (2) a drawer base which includes a bottom surface with
grooves formed therein at the lateral edges thereof, and (3)
fixing devices that include a non-rigid structure to enable
tilting of the side walls away from each other during the
assembly of the drawer.
OPINION
Having carefully considered the respective positions
advanced by the appellant in the brief and reply brief, and by
the examiner in the answer, we are in substantial agreement
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