Appeal No. 2000-0563
Application No. 08/813,965
Ulatowski et al. (Ulatowski) 3,934,371 Jan.
27, 1976
Haglund 5,383,739 Jan. 24,
1995
THE REJECTION
Claims 14 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Ulatowski in view of
Haglund.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 10 and 12) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 11) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Ulatowski, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
pivoted door assembly comprising a door frame having a door
jamb 14, a pivotally mounted door 10 having a stile 18, and a
safety device which includes rigid elongate finger guard
members 20 fitted to the sides of the stile adjacent the door
jamb to fill the gap between the stile and the jamb when the
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