Appeal No. 1998-2965
Application No. 08/589,156
and those skilled in the art would have recognized that the hood is not a lens barrel since a
“lens barrel” is typically a cylindrically shaped element which houses the taking lens system
and permits the lens system to move therein. Clearly, the hood 8 of Takagai is not a
cylindrical body, or a “barrel,” which houses or supports the taking lens system.
The rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is not sustained. Therefore, claim
4 will stand with independent claim 1. Further, since Katayama does not provide for the
deficiency of Takagai, we also will not sustain the rejection of claims 2 and 3 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
Accordingly, the examiner’s decision is reversed.
REVERSED
ERROL A. KRASS )
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