Appeal No. 1999-2708 Page 4
Application No. 08/896,533
Iizuka 4,607,301 Aug. 19,
1986
Aoki 5,229,987 July
20, 1993.
Claims 1-4, 8, 9 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious over Harlan in view of Iizuka.
(Examiner’s Answer at 5.) Claims 10, 11, 13-15, 18-20, and
23-25 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Aoki in
view of Iizuka. (Id. at 3.) Rather than reiterate the
arguments of the appellants or examiner in toto, we refer the
reader to the briefs and answer for the respective details
thereof.
OPINION
After considering the record, we are persuaded that the
examiner erred in rejecting claims 1-4, 8-11, 13-15, 18-20,
and 22-25. Accordingly, we reverse. We begin by summarizing
the examiner's rejection and the appellants' argument.
Admitting that neither Harlan nor Aoki shows shutter
mechanisms “as comprising a resilient skirt for sealing a
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