Appeal No. 1998-0503
Application 08/539,858
lines 6-8). Typically, such clips are used to hold an insulated
electrical cable to a building structure such as a floor, wall
or roof (col. 1, lines 15-17). Morawa's clip differs from
prior art clips by including fastener retainer means for
holding a fastening device in place relative to the clip prior
to installation (col. 1, lines 9-11). This is accomplished
using a plurality of segmented wall portions 26 (Figs. 4-6)
for gripping a screw 24, shown in Figure 7.
Appellants do not challenge the examiner's position that
the claimed base and arm read on Morawa's clip in the manner
shown in the annotated copy of Morawa's Figure 1 that appears
at (unnumbered) page 9 of the brief.
For a suggestion of modifying Morawa by adding the
claimed "at least one clasp connected to and supported by the
base, the clasp having means for grasping and holding a switch
to the base,” the examiner relies on Botz, which shows a
fastening arrangement which permits snap-in assembly of a
switch to a panel or receiving member (Abstract, lines 1-2).
A push-button switch is held in place in a cavity formed by
side walls 72 by means of a connector 84 holding elements 75
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