Appeal No. 1997-3478
Application 08/397,648
agree with appellants that one of ordinary skill in the art
would not have found it obvious to "optimize" in order to
achieve these shapes for the back wall, especially since
Fujita is not concerned with sticking of multiple disc
cassette shutters as are appellants.
Although we find that the examiner originally set forth a
prima facie case of obviousness, we must agree with appellants
that a disc cassette having an inclined back wall is not
specifically taught or suggested by the applied references.
Thus, we find that appellants have successfully rebutted the
examiner’s prima facie case, and we will reverse the
rejection.
In view of the foregoing, the decisions of the examiner
rejecting claims 1 to 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are reversed.
REVERSED
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