Appeal No. 2003-1806 Page 6
Application No. 09/592,578
hemispherical surfaces on the bottom wall of the sleeve and on the support which are
concave with the concavity of each facing away from the first knuckle part. Thus, even
if it would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person of
ordinary skill in the art to have modified Balbo's hinge to include both complementary
spherical shaped surfaces on the hinge pin and sleeve as suggested and taught by
Wilms and means for adjusting the height of the first knuckle part relative to the second
knuckle part as suggested and taught by Green such would not arrive at the claimed
invention.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject
independent claim 7, and claims 8 to 10 dependent thereon, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
reversed.
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