Appeal No. 2006-0521 Παγε 4
Application No. 10/453,147
member, integral attachment mounts (fig. 2) for supporting a
structural member 80. . .[ answer at page 5].
The examiner relies on Novak for teaching an aluminum alloy casting comprised of
unitary and plurality of cast components. The examiner concludes:
. . . it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the
art at the time of the invention, as disclosed by Hedderly
(6,517,145), to include an aluminum alloy casting comprised
of a unitary or plurality of cast components, as disclosed by
Novak (WO 00.07867), to case effectively manufacture the
structural parts and their respective assemblies [answer at
pages 5 and 6].
We will not sustain this rejection. In our opinion, Hedderly does not describe that
the bulkhead supports the structural member as required by claim 1 from which claims 2
through 9. Hedderly describes a instrument panel, steering column support structure
and cowl structure which are clamshelled together to form a clip 10 which is disposed
between the A-Pillars 80. Hedderly teaches that the A-Pillars secure the clambshell clip
10 laterally (col 4, lines 19 to 22). The examiner has not directed our attention to any
teaching in Hedderly that the clam shell structure of Hedderly supports the A-Pillars 80.
In view of the foregoing, we will not sustain the examiner's rejection of claim 1 an
claims 2 through 9 dependent thereon.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
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