Appeal No. 2002-2154 Page 8
Application No. 09/217,496
The appellant's argue (brief, pp. 11-14) that the applied prior art does not
suggest the claimed subject matter. We agree. In that regard, even if the boat of Cook
were modified to include pins as taught by Morgan this would not result in the claimed
subject matter for the reasons set forth above in out treatment of the anticipation
rejection base on Morgan. That is, the pins 14 of Morgan when place on Cook's boat
would not form a releasable rigid, load bearing coupling between adjacent hull sections.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1
to 12, 14 and 16 to 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
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