Appeal No. 1999-2381
Application No. 08/586,434
(a) a support bracket having a first end with a
slotted portion sized to slidably couple over and to a top
portion of said main housing;
(b) a latching mechanism for detachably coupling
said support bracket and said main housing top portion; and
(c) a hinge mechanism rotatably coupling said flip
cover and a second end of said support bracket about a first
axis.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Huang 4,973,972 Nov. 27, 1990
McGirr et al. (McGirr) 5,231,407 Jul. 27, 1993
Takagi et al. (Takagi) 5,303,291 Apr. 12, 1994
Pye et al. (Pye) 5,337,061 Aug. 09, 1994
Tsao 5,513,383 Apr. 30, 1996
Dent 5,535,432 Jul. 09, 1996
Wilcox et al. (Wilcox) 5,628,089 May 13, 1997
Claims 1-15, 20-28, 36-39, 43 and 45 stand rejected under
the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double
patenting as being unpatentable over claims 6, 8-17, 20-24,
28, 29 and 31-34 of U.S. Patent Application No. 08/586,433
(‘433 application) in view of Takagi since the claims, if
allowed, would improperly extend the “right to exclude” if the
‘433 application issued.
Claims 36 and 46-48 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Takagi in view of Wilcox.
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