Appeal No. 1999-0162
Application No. 08/414,248
Turning to a consideration of the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 rejections of dependent claims 42, 43, and 45 in which
the Lee, Rudy, and Takemasa references are individually added,
respectively, to the combination of Motoyoshi and Ishibashi,
we do not sustain these rejections as well. It is apparent
from the Examiner’s analysis (Answer, pages 7-10) that the
Lee, Rudy, and Takemasa references are relied on solely to
address the locking, alignment, and orientation features of
dependent claims 42, 43, and 45. We find nothing, however, in
the disclosures of Lee, Rudy, or Takemasa, individually or
collectively, which would overcome the innate deficiencies of
Motoyoshi and Ishibashi discussed supra.
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