Appeal No. 2004-1142
Application No. 09/892,001
mounted on a paint roller handle assembly, where the roller pan
is divided into two paint reservoirs created by a central divider
wall to enable the user to roll each applicator head separately
in each paint reservoir simultaneously (Brief, page 7).
Appellant states that the claims are not in a single group
but each stands on its own (Brief, page 10). However, as
correctly noted by the examiner (Answer, pages 2-3, ¶(7)),
appellant has not provided specific, substantive reasons for the
separate patentability of any individual claim (see the Brief in
its entirety). Accordingly, we select one claim from each group
of rejected claims (i.e., claims 11, 12 and 13) and decide the
grounds of rejection in this appeal on the basis of these claims
alone. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(2002); In re McDaniel, 293 F.3d
1379, 1383, 63 USPQ2d 1462, 1465 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
Representative independent claim 11 is reproduced below:
11. Method for applying two different paint sources, which
comprises:
(a) providing a paint roller, which comprises an annular
applicator which surmounts a single interior annular core, said
applicator having a central valley for forming a pair of spaced-
apart first and second applicator heads, said paint roller being
mounted on a paint roller handle assembly;
(b) providing a roller pan having a central divider wall for
forming a first and a second paint reservoir adapted to be
simultaneously accessed by the applicator heads, wherein the
depth of the central valley is at least about as great as the
height of the pan divider wall;
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