Appeal No. 2000-0398
Application 08/903,406
of said circuit breaker cover, said detents for retaining said plate
within said slots of said circuit breaker cover.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Bottelson 4,400,672 Aug. 23, 1983
Morris et al. (Morris) 4,728,914 Mar. 1, 1988
Morgan et al. (Morgan) 5,117,211 May 26, 1992
Claims 1-7, 9, 10 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Morris in view
of Bottelson as to claims 1-5, with the addition of Morgan as to
claims 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
As will be apparent from a review of the following, we sustain
the rejection of claims 1, 3 and 4 but reverse the rejection as to
all remaining claims on appeal, claims 2, 5-7, 9, 10 and 12.
As to the examiner’s interpretation and correlation of the
features in the last clause of claim 1 on appeal as set forth in the
paragraph bridging pages 3 and 4 of the answer, appellant rightly
challenges the examiner’s views in the arguments presented at pages
5 and 6 of the brief. What the examiner considers the first and
second guide tabs and corresponding slots in Morris are not
consistent with the teachings and showings in that reference as
brought out by appellant in the noted portion of the brief. As to
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