Appeal No. 1999-2832 Page 3
Application No. 08/816,559
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a sliding door
arrangement. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth
in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims (the applied prior
art) are:
Kaptur et al. (Kaptur) 3,392,812 July 16,
1968
Moreuil 5,077,938 Jan. 7,
1992
Monot 2,118,667 Nov. 2,
1983
(United Kingdom)
Claims 9 to 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Monot in view of Moreuil and Kaptur.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 24,
mailed June 21, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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