Appeal No. 97-2722 Page 15
Application No. 08/329,840
to readily attach the carrier to the stem H of the bicycle
frame.5
With regard to this additional difference, we have
determined that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art at the time of the appellant's invention to
have replaced Laiti's clamping system with the alternative
clamping system as suggested and taught by Edmonds to provide
a simple and effective means to readily attach/detach Laiti's
device to the seat pillar of the bicycle frame.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed and a new
rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
has been added pursuant to provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
5See page 1, lines 13-16 and 46-59, of Edmonds.
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