Appeal No. 2004-0827
Application No. 09/795,701
well as the lower beaded portion 24 (see the abstract; Figure 2;
col. 1, ll. 32-34; and col. 2, ll. 35-38). The examiner has not
established why one of ordinary skill in the art would have added
this “jaw” or U-shaped locking assembly of Redmayne, unique to the
shape and beaded portion of the refuse container lid, to the
locking assembly for a utility box disclosed by Nielsen.
For the foregoing reasons and those stated in the Brief and
Reply Brief, we determine that the examiner has not met the initial
burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness in view of
the reference evidence. Therefore we cannot sustain the rejection
on appeal.
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