Appeal No. 1997-0318
Application 08/135,173
counter that the static electricity mentioned in the invention is that which is applied to film sensitivity
detecting means, (having DX terminals), of the camera, and the exposure of the DX terminals subjects
them to potential static electricity from the human hands as they are used in the opening and closing of
the camera cover. Appellants further argue that no such exposure of the DX terminals is contemplated
by the opening of the battery cover in Haraguchi [reply brief, pages 7 to 10]. Nor is anything like this
disclosed in Ishikawa [Id.]. Therefore, we agree with Appellants that the combination of Haraguchi
and Ishikawa, even if proper, does not meet the claimed invention. Thus, we do not sustain the
obviousness rejection of claim 2 and, hence, its dependent claims 3 through 18 over Haraguchi and
Ishikawa.
Regarding the other independent claim, i.e., claim 1, it, too, contains at least the limitation
discussed above. We, therefore, also do not sustain the obviousness rejection of claim 1 over
Haraguchi and Ishikawa.
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