Appeal No. 2002-1792 Page 2
Application No. 09/467,577
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an air conveyor guide rail. A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Fairman et al. 4,828,434 May 9, 1989
(Fairman)
Lenhart 5,549,423 Aug. 27, 1996
(Lenhart '423)
Lenhart 6,042,307 Mar. 28, 2000
(Lenhart '307)
Claims 1 to 3, 5, 6, 9 to 13, 15, 16 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Lenhart '423.
Claims 1 to 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Lenhart '307.
Claims 1 to 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Fairman.
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