Appeal No. 2001-2614
Application 09/506,576
The references of record relied upon as evidence of
obviousness are:
Johnson 3,115,849 Dec. 31, 1963
Boyer et al. (Boyer) 5,713,548 Feb. 3, 1998
Houle 5,829,745 Nov. 3, 1998
REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 14 through 18 and 25 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Houle in view of Johnson.
Claims 2 through 6 and 19 through 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Houle in view of Johnson and
Boyer.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejections on appeal in light
of the arguments of the appellants and the examiner. As a result
of this review, we have determined that the applied prior art
does not establish the prima facie obviousness of the claims on
appeal. Accordingly, the rejections on appeal are reversed. We
also enter a new rejection pursuant to our authority under 37 CFR
1.196(b) of claims 1, 2 and 6.
Houle discloses a video game control unit with a support
wherein the base section or support includes a base plate 12, a
pedestal 14, and a tray 16. Pedestal 14 is interposed between
the tray and the baseplate, and is designed so that an operator’s
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