Appeal No. 95-4595
Application 07/927,783
Having fully considered the tape cassette guide pin teaching
of Tomita (Figure 6) and the record player center pin disclosure
of Teragaki (Figure 2), individually and collectively, we are of
the view that, absent appellant's disclosure and impermissible
hindsight, the applied evidence of obviousness would not have
been suggestive of the claimed invention to one having ordinary
skill in the art. It is also readily apparent to us that even if
it would have been obvious to modify the guide pin of Tomita, at
best Teragaki would have been suggestive of providing the tip
portion 51 of Tomita (Figure 6) with grooves to effect four
elastic pieces. The resulting pin clearly would not evidence a
cross-section of a conical portion having the shape of a four-
pointed star, as now claimed. Thus, the applied prior art does
not render the claimed invention unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103.
In summary, we have reversed the rejection of claims 12
through 15, 26, and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatent-
able over Tomita in view of Teragaki.
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