Appeal No. 2003-1181
Application No. 09/755,575
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Granryd 4,402,357 Sep. 6, 1983
Claims 1, 3, 8 through 10, 13 through 16, 19 and 21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Granryd.
Claims 2 and 4 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Granryd.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the
above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding those rejections, we make
reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 4, mailed April 23,
2002) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 10, mailed November
19, 2002) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 9, filed
September 17, 2002) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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