Appeal 2007-0872
Application 10/159,762
1 rods that guide the edges of the web when opening and closing the roller blind.
2 Claim 21, reproduced below, is further illustrative of the claimed subject matter.
3 21. A roller blind for alternately covering and uncovering an area, the
4 roller blind comprising a woven or knitted web, the woven or knitted web
5 defining a single layer of fabric having a first plurality of tubular pockets
6 woven or knitted into the fabric, each of said tubular pockets extending in a
7 warp direction, each of said tubular pockets adapted for receiving a guide
8 member for guiding movement of said web when alternately covering and
9 uncovering the area.
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11 The references of record relied upon by the Examiner as evidence of
11 obviousness are:
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14 Swanson US 4,531,562 Jul. 30, 1985
15 Schaap US 5,651,406 Jul. 29, 1997
16 Fernandez Lopez US 5,791,392 Aug. 11, 1998
17 Gottschalk US 6,286,579 B1 Sep. 11, 2001
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20 Claims 21 and 24-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
21 over Schaap in view of Fernandez Lopez.
22 Claims 29, 31, 32, and 37-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
23 unpatentable over Gottschalk in view of Fernandez Lopez.
24 Claims 33-36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
25 Gottschalk in view of Fernandez Lopez and Swanson.
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27 ISSUE
28 The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the Appellant has
29 established that the Examiner erred in rejecting the claimed invention on the
30 ground of obviousness.
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