Appeal No. 2004-1099
Application No. 09/868,911
bag portion of a resin skin (Answer, pages 3-4). The examiner
finds that JP ‘811 does not teach an adjusting mechanism for a step
of adjusting the ultrasonic tool, and therefore applies Lenander
for the teaching of using an adjustment device to position the
ultrasonic tool to improve thickness control of the score line
(Answer, page 4). From these findings, the examiner concludes that
it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in this art to
have provided an adjustment device to position the ultrasonic tool
in the process and apparatus of JP ‘811, since Lenander teaches
that adjusting the ultrasonic tool provides for improved thickness
control of the score line (id.). The examiner further finds that
JP ‘811 and Lenander do not teach a device for blowing cool air
after processing the linear groove, and therefore applies JP ‘118
for the teaching of an ultrasonic process where a compressor and
a pipe are provided for blowing cool air onto the processed area
(id.). From these findings, the examiner concludes that it would
have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in this art to have
provided a cooling device to blow cooling air in the process and
apparatus of JP ‘811 and Lenander to reduce processing time, hence
increasing productivity and reducing production costs, as taught by
JP ‘118 (Answer, paragraph bridging pages 4-5). The examiner also
states that a reason for the combination of references with JP
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