Appeal No. 98-1922 Page 20
Application No. 08/253,721
obvious to an artisan to have replaced Maeda's fluroresin with
high density polyethylene material to provide an inexpensive,
durable low friction bottom-surface component.
For the reasons stated above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 2 through 6, 8 through 12 and 16 is affirmed and the
decision of the examiner to reject claim 7 is reversed.
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