Appeal No. 1999-2458 Page 8
Application No. 08/851,693
time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill
in the art to have arrived at the claimed invention as set
forth in claim 18. Specifically, we agree that the applied
prior art does not teach or suggest the outer ends of the
opposing walls of the shield "abutting said corner post" as
recited in claim 18. In light of the foregoing, the decision
of the examiner to reject claim 18, as well as claims 19 and
20 dependent thereon, under
35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed
and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 5 and 17 to
20 under
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