Appeal No. 2003-1992
Application No. 09/075,777
can be fastened to one another to hold camera 30 in place within
the carrying case 1. In addition, padded side cushions 37 and 38
are secured to the bottom of body 4 between which the digital
camera 30 is received and protected against shock. See Bradbury,
column 3, lines 42-51. We find that Bradbury fails to teach,
other than to provide storage for camera 30, a means in which to
attach the peripheral camera to the carrying case so that the
lens assembly can be unobstructedly pointed at a subject as
recited in Appellants' independent claims 1, 21 and 41.
Therefore, we will not sustain the Examiner's rejection of claims
1-5, 20-25 and 40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Bradbury in view of Takach.
For the remaining rejections, we note that the Examiner is
relying on the combination of Bradbury and Takach to teach a
rigid frame 4 securely holding a camera head, the camera head
securely mounted on the rigid frame so that the lens assembly can
be unobstructedly pointed at a subject as recited in the
independent claims from which the dependent claims depend
therefrom. Therefore, we will not sustain the Examiner's
rejection for the same reasons as above.
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