Appeal No. 2002-0487
Application No. 09/377,371
The claimed subject matter may be further understood with
reference to the appealed claims which are appended to
appellants' brief.
The references of record relied upon as evidence of
obviousness are:
Stokke 2,072,533 Mar. 2, 1937
Boyer 2,224,074 Dec. 3, 1940
Dickerson, Sr. 5,658,106 Aug. 19, 1997
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3 and 8 through 10 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Stokke in view of Boyer and
further in view of Dickerson.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejection on appeal in light
of the arguments of the appellants and the examiner. As a result
of this review, we have determined that the applied prior art
establishes the prima facie obviousness of all claims on appeal.
Appellants have not rebutted the prima facie obviousness of the
claims with any additional evidence. Accordingly, the rejection
of all claims on appeal is affirmed. Our reasons follow.
The following represents our findings regarding the scope
and content of the prior art and the differences between the
prior art and the claimed invention. Stokke discloses an
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