Ex parte KULAKOWSKI et al. - Page 12




          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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