Appeal No. 2000-1649 Application No. 08/951,077 of ordinary skill the addition of a non-operative locking mechanism to the dispenser of Voss. Rejection (4) We will not sustain this rejection because the limitations in parent claim 1 which are not met by the combination of Voss and De Luca (see rejection (2) discussion, supra) are still absent when Stronge is added to the combination. Conclusion The examiner’s decision to reject claims 1 to 21 is reversed. REVERSED IAN A. CALVERT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007