Appeal No. 96-2612
Application 08/137,530
identical at rest alignments. Further,
[II] the present invention discloses a
retention means consisting of a clearance
slot and a locking shoulder, not a bar as
in Iten. Still further, [III] Iten con-
tains two members on its handle to facili-
tate the removal of the razor head. In
contrast, the present invention provides
for removal of the cartridge via the exer-
tion of force directly on the cartridge,
not on the razor handle as required by
Iten. Consequently, the cartridge of the
present invention is not only attached to
the handle in a different manner than is
Iten’s, but it is also removed from the
handle in a different manner.
Considering first claim 1, only argument [I] would
appear to be applicable, since this claim does not recite a
retention means (as specified in argument [II]) or removal of
the cartridge by force (argument [III]). In comparing the
language of the claim with the reference, we find that Iten
discloses a handle-to-cartridge attachment means which com-
prises a plurality of resilient, independently movable end
prongs 36, and a resilient, independently movable center prong
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