Appeal No. 2000-1712
Application No. 08/624,091
are clearly obvious based on the particular application to the
Trippner et al structure and environment" (answer, pp. 3-4).
Henkenjohann discloses a blind system that is attached
just above or beneath a window frame 12. The blind system
includes a winding shaft 10 formed with teeth 14 for winding a
blind 13 formed with a corresponding zig-zag shape, with slats
defined by folds 19. The blind 13 can be made of metal or
plastic and has a thickness of approximately 0.1-0.3 mm, for
example, 0.2 mm (translation, pp. 3 and 7). The blind
protects against solar radiation and the entry of insects.
Even accepting the examiner's position that the combined
teachings of Trippner and Henkenjohann would have suggested to
one having ordinary skill in the art provision of creases or
pleats on the Trippner shutter as proposed by the examiner,
Trippner and Henkenjohann would not have suggested provision
of a blind comprising a film having a thickness between 0.01
and 0.05 mm and creases at intervals of 7-20 mm wound upon a
mandrel between window panes, as called for in claim 17. It
is, in fact, this combination of features which results in a
compact blind that can be accommodated, with its mandrel,
between panes of windows with double or triple glazing wherein
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