Appeal No. 2000-1332
Application No. 08/793,242
provide a particularly simple yet effective means of
maintaining partition members accurately in position
would have furnished the artisan with ample suggestion to
employ such dimples to immobilize Yamaguchi's plugs and
partitions. The spatial relationship between Cribari's
dimples and the tube openings associated therewith, as
well as simple common sense, would have suggested
locating such dimples with respect to Yamaguchi's tube
openings as set forth in claim 11. Hence, the lack of
motivation arguments advanced by the appellant with
respect to the proposed combination of Yamaguchi and
Cribari as applied against claim 11 are not persuasive.
SUMMARY
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 2
through 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 13 is affirmed with respect
to claim 11 and reversed with respect to claims 2 through
5, 7, 8, 10 and 13.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR
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