Appeal No. 1999-2781
Application No. 08/656,299
that which is claimed by appellant, since none of the applied
references teaches, or in any way suggests, a pawl that is
both a) rocker-actuated and b) biased like a mechanical toggle
switch.
With further regard to the examiner's rejection of claims
8 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kell
(Fig. 11), Fritsche, or Fertier and Willey as applied to claim
1 above, and further in view of Olson, we observe that there
is nothing in Olson which provides for that which we have
discussed above as lacking in Kell, Fritsche, Fertier and
Willey as applied against independent claim 1. Thus, the
examiner’s rejection of dependent claims 8 and 9 on this basis
will not be sustained.
To summarize our decision, we again note that the
examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 10, 12, 13 and 15
under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Kell (Fig. 11), Fritsche, or
Fertier has not been sustained, and that each of the
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