Appeal No. 1997-2032
Application 08/229,278
Scotti discloses a multiple drawer box (Fig. 1) wherein
the compartments which receive the drawers (15) are formed by
interengaging panels (11, 12) that the examiner characterizes
as being spaced apart divider plates (11) and crossbars (12)
providing an “egg crate” construction (Fig. 2). In Otema, the
examiner views the upper and lower frames (34, 36) of the
mirror cube (20) as being bezel strips, and notes that such
“strips” include slots on the rear side thereof in which the
front portions of the frame members (24, 26, 28, 30) are
received. The examiner also points to the screw (42) of Otema
and urges that such screw “extends from the bezel strip to a
back plane (44) for holding the assembly together” (answer,
page 5).
While the examiner believes that it would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to 1) provide the
modular assembly of Baxter with a plurality of divider plates
and crossbars as shown in Hug, because such is a better
system; 2) create the divider plates and crossbars of Baxter
as modified by Hug to have interlocking notches of an egg-
crate construction as in Scotti, because such is a well known
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