Appeal No. 1999-2094 Page 11
Application No. 08/517,198
Based on our analysis and review of Mottino and claim 14,
it is our opinion that the only difference is the limitation
that the bicycle holder mountable on a carrier device on a
vehicle includes
resilient means for urging the leg to the transport
position when the leg is pivoted upward toward the
transport position after passing a first predetermined
angle above the unloading position.
With regard to this difference, the examiner determined
(answer, p. 3) that "it would have been obvious to provide the
carrier of Mottino with resilient means as shown by Vanzant
and Will for allowing easier movement of the carrier."
We agree with the examiner that it would have been
obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having
ordinary skill in the art to have modified the carrier of
Mottino by providing it with resilient means as shown by
Vanzant and Will. Additionally, it is our view that this
modification of Mottino does arrive at the claimed invention.
As set forth above, we agree with the appellant that Vanzant
and Will only teach and suggest urging only in the direction
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