Appeal No. 2002-1213
Application No. 09/293,019
simultaneously and automatically transporting the toothbrushes to
a tufter station as claimed by appellants.
To address the deficiencies in the prior art the examiner
turns to Boucherie and Lui, urging that Lui teaches "the basic
concept of using a mould 14 to inject material on wherein the
mould includes a two part mould and with a plurality of injection
units 13." In addition, the examiner notes that Lui (p. 8 lines
15+) teaches that molding materials of different colors can be
injected into the cavities of the mold so that there are a
plurality of groups of different color. The examiner then makes
the assertion that "[i]t is inherent that the different colored
toothbrushes are separated and packaged according to color as
disclosed by AAPA." Boucherie is said to show "the concept of
using automatic removing means 11 to remove the toothbrushes
automatically."
From the above teachings, the examiner has concluded that it
would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at
the time of appellants' invention "to provide AAPA with molding
means as taught by Lui and automatic removal means as taught by
Boucherie to expedite the manufacturing process." The examiner
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