Appeal No. 96-1668
Application 08/231,258
view in Figure 4 and from a top view in Figures 3 and 5. Note
the translation pages 8 and 9 and the discussion at the bottom
of page 10 and the top of page 11.
We do not agree with the examiner's rationale expressed
at the bottom of page 4 of the answer that placing a shaft or
pivot or post such as post 26 in Sony within the boss 70 of
the admitted prior art in Figure 5 of the specification as
filed would have been obvious to the artisan since, according
to the examiner, it would have provided a more stable pivot
for the rotational erasure preventing device. It appears to
us that the artisan would have well appreciated that the prior
art starting point cartridge relies upon bosses in the top and
bottom portions into which the cylindrical thumb wheel 58
would rotate. It would appear to us to have been basically
stable for its known purposes in use. The end of
representative claim 1 on appeal indicates that the post
located within the boss is utilized to align the cover to the
erasure preventing device during assembly. There are no
teachings in Sony that would have so indicated that the pin or
post 26 aides in the assembly of the device. Significantly,
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