Appeal No. 1997-1812
Application 08/055,382
Independent claim 25 contains all the limitations of claim 1
regarding the panel units, radial lines of separation, means
for interconnecting, and incapability of disassembly of the
panel units when the wheel units are connected thereto. In
addition, claim 25 contains all the limitations of claim 13
regarding the means for structurally connecting the wheel
track with the center bearing means. In rejecting these
claims, the examiner cited Funke for a teaching of providing
means for connecting a wheel track 12b with a center bearing
means 14a, and concluded that it would have been obvious to
connect the wheel track of Coffey to the center bearing means
thereof. Because Funke does not make up for the deficiencies
of Coffey with respect to the basic turntable limitations
found in
claims 1 and 25, even if we were to agree with the examiner
that it would have been obvious to modify Coffey in the manner
proposed, the subject matter of claims 13 and 25-27 would not
result. It follows that we will not sustain the standing §
103 rejection of these claims.
Dependent claim 36 has also been rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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