Appeal No. 1998-1610
Application No. 08/551,319
reveals that neither reference supplies the deficiencies in
Spann discussed above. Since claims 2 and 4 are dependent on
claim 1 and contain all of the limitations of that claim, we
will not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of
these claims.
The rejections of claims 8-17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
We begin with the examiner's rejection of claims 8
through 12 and 15. Independent claim 8 is directed to the
combination of
an infant's crib and a sleeping pad. All of the sleeping pad
limitations in claim 1 are found in paragraph (b) of claim 8.
The examiner has rejected claim 8, as well as dependent claims
9 through 12 and 15, as unpatentable over Thorn in view of
Spann. However, Thorn does not supply the deficiencies noted
above with respect to Spann. Since all of the claimed
limitations in claims 8 through 12 and 15 would not have been
suggested by the combined teachings of Thorn and Spann, we
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