Appeal No. 2004-1701
Application No. 09/697,647 Page 2
use solely by a plurality of resilient suction
connectors distributed over the inner surface of said
cover member,
each said suction connector including a suction
cup portion releasably engagable with side frontal
portion.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wagner 4,969,674 Nov.13, 1990
Thurm 5,884,380 Mar. 23, 1999
Claims 19-22, 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Thurm in view of Wagner.
We refer to the brief and to the answer for a complete
exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by appellant and
the examiner concerning the issues before us on this appeal.
OPINION
Upon consideration of the respective positions advanced by
appellant and the examiner with respect to the rejection that is
before us for review, we find ourselves in agreement with
appellant’s position in that the examiner has failed to carry the
burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness.
Accordingly, we will not sustain the examiner’s § 103(a)
rejection.
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