Ex Parte MIMLITCH et al - Page 10




          Appeal No. 2002-2341                                                        
          Application 09/466,277                                                      


          to provide added flexibility in accommodating cards of differing            
          width (Howrilka, col. 1, lines 60-69 and col. 2, lines 18-36), we           
          share appellants’ view regarding the further combination of                 
          Watanabe with the cardcage of Marks as modified by Howrilka.                


          More particularly, we find that although Figure 2 of                        
          Watanabe may suggest airflow diverters or baffles adjacent each             
          end of the interior component (20) to be ventilated, such                   
          diverters/baffles are located between the dust-removing filters             
          (10) and the outboard sides of fans (11, 12), and are not coupled           
          to the respective first and second cardcage sides as set forth in           
          claim 52 on appeal so as to alter air flow through the cardcage.            
          As is clear from Figures 7C and 9A of the application drawings              
          and the disclosure associated therewith at pages 18-20 of the               
          specification, the air flow diverters or guides (134-137 and 140,           
          142) are directly coupled to the respective first and second                
          sides of the cardcage to directly effect air flow through the               
          cardcage.  This is clearly not the case in Watanabe.                        
          Accordingly, the examiner’s rejection of claims 52, 44 and 46               
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Marks in view           
          of Howrilka and Watanabe will not be sustained.                             


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