Appeal No. 97-1544
Application 08/358,976
In response to appellant’s arguments on pages 17-19 of
the brief, we point out that claim 28 on appeal is not limited
to the particular mounting arrangement and specific type of
switch “bending” depicted in the embodiment of the invention
seen in Figure 6 of the application, but is instead subject to
the broader interpretation applied above by this panel of the
Board.
Contrary to appellant’s arguments, this claim does not recite
or require that the sensor bend “as a result of the motion of
one portion of the vehicle to which the sensor is mounted
relative to another portion of the vehicle to which the sensor
is mounted” (brief, pages 17-18).
For the above reasons, the examiner‘s rejection of claim
28 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) based on Matsui will be sustained.
The last claim for our consideration with regard to the
examiner’s § 102(b) rejection based on Matsui, is independent
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