Ex parte BLY - Page 8




          Appeal No. 1998-1847                                       Page 8           
          Application No. 08/540,095                                                  


          without undue experimentation.  The appellant's disclosure                  
          describes the claimed "snap buttons" on page 8 of the                       
          specification and shows the claimed "snap buttons" in Figures               
          1 and 3.  From this disclosure, it is clear to us that each                 
          terminal end 104, 106 of the seat back mounting members 94, 96              
          receives a snap button 110 biased outwardly by a spring 112 to              
          preclude removal of the seat back 100 once the terminal ends                
          104, 106 have been advanced entirely through their respective               
          openings in the seat portion of a seat.  The appellant's                    
          disclosure describes the claimed "openings" on page 7 of the                
          specification and shows the openings in Figures 1 and 2.  From              
          this disclosure, it is clear to us that the claimed "openings"              
          can be formed entirely within the seat portion, if so desired,              
          or the openings defined in whole or in part, by recessed areas              
          in the frame assembly, or the openings can consist of a pair                
          of recesses 90, 92 formed in the lower surface of the seat                  
          portion which cooperate with the frame assembly to define the               
          openings.                                                                   


               It is our determination that this disclosure would have                
          enabled a person of ordinary skill in the art to make and use               







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