Appeal No. 1999-0616
Application 08/443,152
rotation of the bucket 32 about the pivot axis
determined by pin 40. A lock pin 48 (or pins) may
be disposed in such aligned bores 44 and 46,
respectively, to retain bucket 32 in a chosen
pivotal attitude. [Column 2, lines 31-42.]
In rejecting claims 1 and 12 as being unpatentable over
Moser alone, the examiner admits that Moser does not disclose
the subject matter of claim 1. Specifically, the examiner has
taken the position that Moser “discloses the claimed invention
except for the bucket wall to include the hole for receiving
pin 40 carried on the . . . the coupler [20]” (answer, page
4). Thus, it appears to be the examiner’s position that Moser
does not disclose “an implement having a wall provided with an
opening therein,” as called for in claim 1, and “means carried
on and secured to said main body portion [of the coupler]
insertable into said wall opening,” as also called for in
claim 1. The examiner considers, however, that it would have
been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify
Moser
to include the pin 40 attached and carried by the
coupler 20 and be insertable into a hole in the
bucket wall where the pin 40 would be rotatably
secured adjacent the rear bucket wall, since it has
been held that mere reversal of the essential
working parts of a device would be obvious since
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