Appeal No. 2000-0563
Application No. 08/813,965
Ulatowski et al with a variable cross sectional shaped
connector as taught by Haglund for the purpose of varying the
cross sectional shape of the finger guard” (answer, pages 3
and 4). The combined teachings of Ulatowski and Haglund,
however, lack any suggestion for this combination. Ulatowski
does not disclose a finger guard adjustment means or give any
indication that such might be useful or advantageous.
Although Haglund does disclose a structural element having
adjustment means of the sort recited in claim 14,
the element in question is a fence post and the purpose of the
adjustment means, to permit fence segments to be joined at
various angles, has no reasonable pertinence to Ulatowski’s
finger guard. Thus, even if the Haglund reference is
analogous art (the appellant argues that it is not), the only
suggestion for combining it with Ulatowski in the manner
proposed by the examiner stems from hindsight knowledge
impermissibly derived from the appellant’s own disclosure.
Hence, the combined teachings of Ulatowski and Haglund do
not justify a conclusion that the differences between the
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