Appeal No. 2005-2035 Page 2
Application No. 10/281,417
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic
equipment provided with an ultrasonic transducer used for ultrasonic observation
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Lochner et al. (Lochner) 4,686,057 Aug. 11, 1987
Dias et al. (Dias) 5,400,788 Mar. 28, 1995
Claims 1 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Dias in view of Lochner.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed November 16, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the brief (filed August 27, 2004) and reply brief (filed January 10, 2005)
for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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