Appeal No. 98-0430 Application 08/688,141 of Walker and Schnase would not have, in particular, been suggestive of an article, a tool as claimed, wherein an enlarged spheri- cal head portion, intended to be pounded into a baseball or softball glove, has a radius of from about 1 to 2 inches. Simply stated, the applied references are silent on particular dimensions for any spherical end and, as we see it, provide no motivation to effect a spherical end with a radius from about 1 to 2 inches, as now claimed. Thus, the rejection is re- versed. The rejection based upon Posey We reverse the rejection of claims 9 through 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Posey. Considering again the content of claim 1, and set- ting aside appellant’s disclosure, it is at once apparent to us that the tool for pounding, now claimed, would not have been suggested by the combined bank for coins and noisemaker 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007