Appeal No. 97-0672 Page 6
Application No. 08/329,086
have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art the
desirability of modifying the Chan device so that it can
removably hold a utensil, much less doing so by means of a
gripping member defined in the decorative image. While it
could be concluded that Engvall would have suggested to one of
ordinary skill in the art that a utensil holder be installed on
the outside surface of the Chan device, it would not have
motivated the artisan to define the holder by a portion of the
decorative image, as is required by the claims. As for Zent,
we are at a loss to appreciate what this reference adds to the
rejection.
It therefore is our conclusion that the combined teachings
of the three applied references fail to establish a prima facie
case of obviousness with regard to the subject matter of claim
1. This
being the case, we will not sustain the rejection of claim 1
or, it follows, of dependent claims 2-11.
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