Appeal No. 2002-0982
Application No. 09/359,389
supports 11, 13, cross supports 23, 25, circuit board support
bars 37, and thumb bolts 47, respectively, in the circuit board
support device of Sullivan (Fig. 1). However, as to the feature
referenced above relative to independent claims 1 and 7, and
argued by appellants (main brief, page 5, and reply brief, page
3), we do not discern that the Sullivan reference teaches same,
as explained below. It is our point of view that one versed in
the art would comprehend the language of claims 1 and 7 to
require more than two ribs to effect the claimed rows of pins
interspersed with rows of ribs for supporting a worksheet placed
thereon. This understanding of interspersed rows of pins and
ribs is consistent with the underlying teaching in appellants’
specification (page 31) of alternate rows of pins and teeth (of
the ribs) for supporting a worksheet. The circuit board support
device of Sullivan (Fig. 1) reveals only two cross supports
(ribs) with thumb bolts (pins) therebetween, thus failing to
teach an interspersing of rows of ribs and rows of pins, as now
claimed. It is for this reason that the rejection of claims 1
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