Appeal No. 2000-0398
Application 08/903,406
best shown in Morris’s Figure 2, to capture and retain the entire
case 20 within the cover 12 of the electronic circuit breaker 10 of
Figure 1. This is shown in side view Figures 7A and 7B. Side case
projection 69 is shown in these latter figures to include a pair of
detent lips 74 on the outside of them which engage a pair of under
cut edges 75 of the lower portion of the cover 12. These correspond
to the claimed first and second guide tabs which include detents as
well as the claimed slots of the entire circuit breaker cover as
recited in claim 1. Since the substance of the claim is met by this
view taken of Morris’s teachings and in view of the fact that there
is no reply brief to rebut this correlation expressed by the
examiner beginning at the middle of page 5 of the answer, we will
sustain the rejection of claim 1.
As to appellant’s third point at the bottom of page 6 of the
brief, the arguments here are more specific than the actual language
of the claim and involve an intent which is unexpressed within the
claim itself. The examiner analogizes the indicating lamp visual
access 18 in Morris to the claimed window and the test jack access
hole 19 to the claimed rating plug access slot. Note the examiner’s
comments at the top of page 6 of the answer. Morris shows the
claimed feature to the extent it is recited in claim 1.
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