Ex Parte Abbas et al - Page 7



          Appeal No. 2005-0944                                                        
          Application No. 09/941,377                                                  

          application of the requirement for a showing of the teaching or             
          motivation to combine prior art references.”)                               
               For these reasons, we cannot uphold the examiner’s 35                  
          U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of appealed claims 1 and 2 as                     
          unpatentable over Cox in view of Konietzki.                                 
               The examiner’s rejection of appealed claims 3, which is                
          directed to an apparatus, is another matter.  As we discussed               
          above, Cox discloses an apparatus including a pressurized                   
          container capable of dispensing a foam composition in the form              
          of a string, which may include perfumes (i.e., a scented                    
          chemical composition).  While Cox does not disclose the use of              
          the prior art apparatus for hunting, this does not defeat the               
          examiner’s rejection because the prior art apparatus and the                
          claimed apparatus are structurally identical.  Cf. In re Bigio,             
          381 F.3d 1320, 1326, 72 USPQ2d 1209, 1212 (Fed. Cir. 2004); In              
          re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1477, 44 USPQ2d 1429, 1431 (Fed.               
          Cir. 1997); In re Sinex, 309 F.2d 488, 492, 135 USPQ 302, 305               
          (CCPA 1962); In re Wolfe, 251 F.2d 854, 855, 116 USPQ 443, 444              
          (CCPA 1958); In re Hack, 245 F.2d 246, 248, 114 USPQ 161, 162               
          (CCPA 1957).                                                                



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