Appeal No. 1998-0490
Application 08/543,057
top edge to the bottom edge of a sunshield to permit the
planar elements to fold accordion-like.
Consistent with the views we expressed, supra, this panel
of the board does not discern any basis for a conclusion of
obviousness relative to the claimed subject matter when Moll
specifically instructs those versed in the art to fabricate a
sunshade with longitudinal creases to permit quadrafolding of
the sunshade. Accordingly, the rejection of claims 4, 9, and
10 must be reversed.
We turn now to the rejection of claims 1 through 4, 9,
10, and 12 through 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kim in view of Romano.
As to claim 1 (and claim 2 through 4 dependent thereon),
we conclude that the evidence of obviousness would not have
been suggestive of the claimed foldable sunshield. As we see
it, Kim and Romano respectively teach readily distinguishable
articles, i.e., a sunshield and an acoustic drape, wherein
distinctly different structures effect accordion-like folding.
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