Appeal 2006-2599
Application 10/199,986
subject matter of this claim. The Examiner maintains that Yuzawa teaches
only one cantilever but Lucius shows the ability to use more than one, or
otherwise duplicate the one in Yuzawa to yield advantageous results as
explained earlier. Page 6 of the Answer also brings out the point that
combinability of references within 35 U.S.C. § 103 is not based upon a
combination of structural elements of them but a combination of teachings
among them. Rather than contradicting the teachings of Yuzawa and
rendering the combined device inoperable for its intended use, the
Examiner’s rationale and the teachings of Lucius actually expand upon the
usability of the electrical connector arrangement of Yuzawa’s coax plug
connector 20 enabling it to be flexibly used with a panel arrangement, such
as panel arrangement 32 in the figures of Lucius.
In view of the foregoing, we therefore conclude that the artisan would
have found adequate motivation to have combined the teachings of Yuzawa
and Lucius and that the artisan would also not have found that Yuzawa
teaches away from the combination. Appellant’s responsive remarks at the
bottom of page 2 of the Reply Brief failed to address any teaching value of
Lucius and the Examiner’s remarks at page 7 of the answer noted earlier in
this opinion.
The decision of the Examiner rejection claims 1 through 18 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.
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