Appeal 2007-1448
Application 10/601,325
6. Pohle discloses the flexurally rigid connection and second section are
elastically deformable to brace the clip to the inner surface of the container
11. (Pohle, col.1, ll. 50-55, col.2 ll.1-4, Fig. 1).
7. Misono also discloses a flexurally rigid connection at the creased legs 7 of
the conductive spacer 7, but the spacer is “secured” and not braced to the
electron gun. (Misono, col.1, ll. 40)
8. Wisniewski discloses a holding clip 10 having a first section defined by one
or more of radially inwardly angled portions 24, 24 which are elastically
deformable (col. 5 ll. 56-59) to receive a connected member therein.
9. Wisniewski discloses a holding clip 10 having a second section defined by
resilient portions 26, 28, 30, and 32 which press against an inner surface of
opening 90 to create a circumferential bias to support the clip therewithin.
(Wisniewski, col. 3, ll. 64, col. 5 ll. 40-54).
PRINCIPLES OF LAW
A claimed invention is not patentable if the subject matter of the claimed
invention would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art.
35 U.S.C. § 103(a); KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S.Ct. 1727, 1741-42, 82
USPQ2d 1385, 1397 (2007). Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148
USPQ 466-67 (1966).
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