Appeal No. 97-1025
Application No. 08/183,571
Scheibert
We do not sustain the rejection of claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 20 to
33, 35, 37 and 38 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Scheibert.
Scheibert does not disclose a plurality of control pads
positioned in a separate "open at one side recess" as set forth
in independent claims 1, 6, 23 and 35. Additionally, Scheibert
does not disclose (1) the control means positioned on the
connecting member as set forth in independent claim 35, (2) the
control pads which do not project beyond the gripping surface as
set forth in independent claims 1 and 23, and (3) the devices
being controlled being selected from a group consisting of a
radio, air conditioning, heater, defroster, window controls and
windshield wipers as set forth in independent claims 6, 23 and
35.
For the above reasons, the rejection of claims 1, 6, 23 and
35, as well as their dependent claims 2, 7, 20 to 22, 24 to 33,
37 and 38, as being anticipated by Scheibert is not sustained.
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