Appeal No. 2000-1766
Application No. 09/095,029
themselves are stored in bins and that individual trays can be
removed from opposite ends of the magazine.
Appellant argues that there is no motivation for combining the
teachings of Yoshie and Felde. We agree.
Yoshie specifically discloses that the small box 26, which the
examiner analogizes as the tray recited in claim 1, has a vertical
restraint 32 on side wall 31 which along with the indentation 33 on
tray 26 prevent the articles 12 from toppling in the container 13
so that an article can stand up when other articles are not present
in the container 13 (page 12 of translation). As such, a person of
ordinary skill in the art would not have been motivated to
eliminate the side wall 31 so that the article could be removed
from both sides of tray 26.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner is
reversed.
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