Ex parte KARSTEN et al. - Page 11




          Appeal No. 2000-0513                                                        
          Application 08/803,047                                                      


          parent claims.  The examiner’s conclusion (see page 4 in the                
          answer) that the additional display tower characteristics set               
          forth in these dependent claims would have been obvious                     
          matters of engineering design choice does not cure the above                
          noted deficiencies in the examiner’s application of Fry                     
          against parent claims 1 and 16.                                             


               Therefore, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 103(a) rejection of claims 5, 6, 20 and 21 as being                       
          unpatentable over Fry.                                                      



















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