Appeal No. 97-1330
Application 08/345,813
said fixation means having at least one bolt
anchored in the material of the frame and axially
immobilized in relation to the frame.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Perrot 5,430,694 July 4, 1995
(filed June 22, 1993)
Hayashi et al. 2,257,461 January
13, 1993
(United Kingdom Patent Application, hereinafter '461)
Claims 1-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over '461 and Perrot. The Examiner finds that
'461 "teaches all features claimed except for the various
shoulders" (Final Rejection, page 1). The Examiner concludes
that "[i]t would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
the art at the time the invention was made to adapt U.K.
Patent(461) to include claimed shoulders etc. as suggested by
Perrot in order to secured [sic] the member firmly or in the
alternative to provide Perrot with means to removably secure a
member as suggested by U.K. Patent(461)" (Final Rejection,
page 1).
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 13) (pages referred to as "EA__")
for a statement of the Examiner's position and to the Appeal
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