Appeal No. 2004-1016
Application No. 10/174,567
Given the advantages of the adjustable air vent described in
Dunlap, we concur with the examiner that one of ordinary skill in
the art would have been led to employ such adjustable air vent in
the snowmobile of the type described in Inagawa, with a
reasonable expectation of successfully cooling the radiator of
Inagawa’s snowmobile. It follows that the examiner’s decision
rejecting claims 9 through 11, 13 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
affirmed.
CONCLUSION
In summary,
1. The examiner’s Section 102 rejection of claims 1 through 3,
5 and 6 as anticipated by the disclosure of Dunlap is
affirmed;
1. The examiner’s Section 103 rejection of claims 4 and 7 as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Dunlap and
Allred is reversed;
3. The examiner’s Section 103 rejection of claims 8, 12 and 15
as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Dunlap,
Allred and Inagawa is reversed; and
4. The examiner’s Section 103 rejection of claims 9 through 11,
13 and 14 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of
Dunlap, Allred and Inagawa is affirmed.
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