Appeal No. 1998-0490
Application 08/543,057
We certainly appreciate that the acoustic drape of Romano
(column 3, lines 55 through 66) includes alternate hinge
sections with different widths. Nevertheless, it is our
conclusion that, absent appellant’s own teaching in the
present application, the combined teachings simply would not
have suggested channels formed by creasing, with all channels
being on the same side of the material of a sunshield to
render it foldable in an accordion-like manner, as set forth
in claim 1.
As to claim 9, we determine that the Kim teaching would
have been suggestive of the claimed sunshield, notwithstanding
appellant’s argument to the contrary (main brief, pages 17 and
18). Kim (Figs. 12 through 14) teaches a sunshield with
transverse accordion folds formed by alternately and
transversely creasing interior and exterior surfaces of the
sunshade. This known article may fairly be said to include a
plurality of creases in succession wherein two of said
successive creases (two alternate creases in Fig. 15) are on
the same side of the material of the sunshade (sunshield), as
broadly recited in claim 9. Thus, the rejection of claim 9 is
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