Appeal No. 98-0409
Application 08/420,480
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
The appellants' invention pertains to a cartridge holder
system and apparatus. Independent claims 1, 10 and 15 are
further illustrative of the appealed subject matter and copies
thereof may be found in the appendix to the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Goss 162,055 Apr. 13, 1875
Benwald 3,668,802 June 13, 1972
Peckels et al. (Peckels) 5,186,326 Feb. 16, 1993
Claims 1-3, 5, 7, 9-11 and 14 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Goss. According to
the examiner:
Goss discloses a holder system including a rack portion
(A and P), a plurality of rigid receivers (D), and a
cooperating sliding engagement member (B, i, i).
The belt portion A provides the flexible integral
border portion while the portion P provides the
centrally positioned segment. Goss does not
disclose the device as being made of plastic.
Official notice is given that plastic material is
widely used in place of leather and metal for
allowing molding of parts and cheaper costs and can
be made thin and flexible or thick and rigid. It
would have been obvious to make the device of Goss
from plastic for allowing molding of parts and
cheaper costs. The cartridge receiver is removable
and replaceable from the rack portion in the
opposite manner in which they are assembled.
Regarding claims 2, 20, and 11, the segments as
2
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