Appeal No. 2000-1616
Application 08/698,054
the stick, be adjusted to any angle.” This adjustment aspect
of the holding device in Dewey is also evident from the
disclosure at column 1, line 31, et seq., wherein it is noted
that the semi-spherical clamping blocks (A, A’) of the holding
device are pressed toward each other and against the umbrella-
stick (B), when the plates (D, D’) are drawn together by the
set-screw (h) so as to permit angular adjustment of the
umbrella-stick to any desired angle relative to the plates,
within certain limits, and after such adjustment to allow the
parts to again be tightly clamped together by simply turning
the set-screw.
Based on the foregoing, we will sustain the examiner's
rejection of appellants’ claim 1 on appeal under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) based on the combined teachings of Havins, Klammer
and Dewey. Finding no arguments from appellants regarding the
separate patentability of claims 3, 5, 6 and 10 through 12, we
consider these claims to fall with claim 1, from which they
either directly or indirectly depend. Accordingly, the
examiner’s rejections of these additional claims under 35
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