Appeal No. 97-3030
Application No. 08/254,181
said forked ends adapted to securely engage said porcelain
enamel metal substrate as an edge connector. While we think
that it would have been obvious to modify Pons Pons in order
to include a porcelain enamel metal substrate as the heat
source for heating the fragrance bar, we are aware of no
evidence that would have also made it obvious to further
modify Pons Pons to also include a forked portion formed on
the ends of electrical contact prongs, said forked ends
adapted to securely engage said porcelain enamel metal
substrate as an edge connector.
We have not sustained the rejection of claims 1, 5, 7, 8,
11 through 15 and 17 through 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on
various combinations of references, each combination including
the Yamamoto reference. We also have not sustained the
rejection of claims 14, 15 and 17 through 19 under 35 U.S.C.
103, based on various combinations of Pons Pons, Hedden,
Hawkins, Hung and Maury. However, we have sustained the
rejection of claims 1 and 11 through 13 under 35 U.S.C. 103
based on Pons Pons and Hedden. We have also sustained the
rejection of claims 5, 7 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Pons Pons, Hedden and Hawkins.
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