Appeal No. 2003-1474
Application No. 09/024,631
However, the rejection at issue is an obviousness rejection
under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Here, the examiner has provided motivation
for making the combination (the external heads of Driessen are
said to reduce grazing of the skin), and the two cited references
are clearly in the same field of endeavor. The claimed subject
matter is clearly disclosed by the combination, and the appellants
have provided no compelling evidence or argument otherwise.
Accordingly, this rejection is affirmed.
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