Ex parte HUMPHRIES - Page 8




          Appeal No. 1998-0490                                                        
          Application 08/543,057                                                      


          affirmed.                                                                   


               We reverse the rejection of claim 10 since the evidence                
          of obviousness would not have been suggestive of the                        
          limitation of all creases on the same side of the material of               
          the sunshield.                                                              


               The rejection of claims 12 and 13, dependent from claim                
          9, is affirmed, since an argument has not been specifically                 
          made that the particular content of each claims 12 and 13                   
          would not have been suggested by the applied prior art.  Thus,              
          these claims appropriately stand or fall with claim 9, the                  
          rejection of which has been affirmed.                                       


               We reverse the rejection of method claims 14 through 16.               
          We incorporate herein our analysis above, reversing the                     
          rejection  of claim 1 based upon the combined teachings of Kim              
          and Romano.  Akin to limitations present in claim 1, the                    
          method of independent claim 14 requires creasing on only one                
          side of the sunshield being manufactured, the sunshield being               
          foldable accordion-like.  The claimed method of manufacturing               
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