Appeal No. 98-1252 Page 11
Application No. 08/642,184
Cordero is indeed attached to the "top wall" (i.e., the wide-
angled frusto-conical surface 9 depicted in Figs. 2 and 3).
In view of the above, we will sustain the rejection of 12,
15, 17 and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on the combined
teachings of Cordero and White.
Rejection (3)
The examiner is of the opinion that it would have been
obvious to removably mount a dental floss dispenser on the cap
Paulson (rather than mounting a coil of dental floss within the
cap as taught by Paulson in Fig. 3) in view of the teachings of
Grussmark. According to the appellant, however,
the Examiner's combination here is illogical and
incorrect because Grussmark teaches removably
attaching a dental floss dispenser to a closure cap
and Paulson teaches a closure cap which also
functions as a dental floss dispenser. Combining
both references in this manner without hindsight
reconstruction using the teachings of Appellant's
invention would lead to a dental floss dispenser
attaching to the combination of a closure cap and
dental floss dispenser, thereby rendering device with
two dental floss dispensers. [Brief, pages 17 and
18.]
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