Appeal No. 1999-1542
Application No. 08/806,864
rails 13 and 14 (brief at page 8), and that Le Van’s side rails
13 and 14 are only marginally offset from the trailing edge
rather than being shorter in size, see Figure 1 of Le Van.
Furthermore, Appellants argue that Chhabra also does not show
the shortening of the side rails of a U-shape rail with respect
to the outwardly located progressive-elevation side rails at the
edge of the slider (brief at page 9). Finally, Appellants
maintain (brief at page 11)
that “there is no suggestion of combining the teachings of the
references to anticipate [sic, to make obvious] claim 12 [rather
claim 21].”
The Examiner in response to Appellants’ arguments merely
repeats his position at pages 5, 6 and 7 of the Examiner’s
answer.
We are persuaded by Appellants’ position. Le Van’s side
rails 13 and 14 which the Examiner has labeled as the side
rails of the U-shape rail 15 are not shorter relative to the
side edges as suggested by the Examiner but are rather of the
same size (compare 23a and 1 in Yoneoka’s Fig. 1). The offset
of side rails 13 and 14 in Le Van at the trailing edge is simply
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