Appeal No. 1998-3061
Application No. 08/638,903
Claims 1-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Brock in view of Chien.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
The examiner combines Brock, dealing with a sight
alignment for a chain saw, with Chien, dealing with a laser
sight for a camera to help in a focusing function.
We agree with appellant that these two references deal
with nonanalogous arts and are, therefore, not properly
combinable. Chien, dealing with the camera arts, is clearly
not within appellant’s endeavor pertaining to cut measurement
devices for chain saws. Moreover, Chien is not even pertinent
to the problem with which appellant is concerned since a laser
used for focusing purposes in the camera arts has no clear
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