Appeal No. 2004-0890
Application No. 09/754,291 Page 7
ordinary skill in the art to secure a heating element to only a
bottom of the blades of the snow plows of either Mason or Carlson
to aid in ice/snow removal since that is at the snow contacting
edge where the heat would be desired to be applied in softening
snow/ice to be removed as one of ordinary skill in the art would
readily appreciate.
We agree with the examiner’s comments in the paragraph
bridging pages 9 and 10 of the answer, especially concerning the
prior art disclosure furnished in Kim, which disclosure
effectively disposes of appellant’s erroneous contentions to the
effect that Clements and Kim represent non-analogous art.
Concerning the representative claim 1 requirement that the
heating element is “secured along only a bottom edge of said
blade,” appellant’s arguments are misdirected in focusing on an
alleged lack of such a secured heating element in either Clements
or Kim. This is so since the examiner’s rejections are over the
combined teachings of either Carlson or Mason taken with Clements
or Kim. When looked at in the context of a snow plow as
disclosed by Carlson or Mason, it is manifest that one of
ordinary skill in the art would secure a heating element, such as
suggested by Kim or Clements to the bottom edge of the snow plow
blade since that is the location where securing such an element
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