Appeal No. 2000-0206 Page 4
Application No. 08/699,328
and In re Lintner, 458 F.2d 1013, 1016, 173 USPQ 560, 562 (CCPA
1972).
Lectric Lites discloses a diamond-shaped traffic sign. A
first symbol in the shape of an octagon representing a stop sign
is located in the bottom portion of the traffic sign. A second
symbol in the shape of an arrow pointing straight ahead is
located in the upper portion of the traffic sign. We find that
together these two symbols represent to a driver viewing the
traffic sign that a stop sign is up ahead.
Like discloses a direction indicator. The direction
indicator includes a plate 3 (i.e., a sign), a post 1, and bolts
4 to secure the plate 3 to the post 1. Direction indicators in
the form of arrow-shaped members 5 are secured to the plate 3.
The examiner ascertained (answer, p. 3) as to all the claims
under appeal that Lectric Lites lacks only a post and the plate
being mounted on the post. The examiner then determined that it
would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art
at the time the invention was made to attach the traffic sign of
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