Appeal No. 2002-1549 Page 2
Application No. 09/315,101
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an adjustable table leg. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which has been
reproduced below.
The single prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting
the appealed claims is:
Grover 3,988,021 Oct. 26, 1976
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Grover.
Claims 6-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Grover.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 16) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and
to the Brief (Paper No. 15) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 18) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
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