Appeal No. 2003-1447
Application No. 09/689,720
II. The Rejection of Claims 8 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. §103(a)
as being unpatentable over Takagi.
The examiner has found that Takagai discloses all of the
limitations of the claimed invention, except for a rib element
that is molded directly into the faceplate. (Examiner’s Answer,
page 6, lines 11-12). The examiner concludes that it would have
been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the
invention was made to use a rib element molded directly into the
faceplate in order to prevent shock and make a low cost for
manufacturing.
As this rejection relies in part on the rejection we have
previously reversed, we reverse this rejection for the reasons
enumerated above.
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