Appeal No. 2000-2175 Page 3
Application No. 09/268,925
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a folded and hinged
plastic connector for use with heating, ventilation and air
conditioning (HVAC) duct work (specification, p. 1). 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 are:
Meyer, Jr. (Meyer) 3,578,026 May 11,
1971
Ono et al. (Ono) 4,891,471 Jan. 2,
1990
Botsolas 5,158,114 Oct. 27,
1992
The following grounds of rejection are set forth in the
examiner's answer (Paper No. 8, mailed April 21, 2000):
1. Claims 1-3, 6, 7, 9, and 15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ono.2
2In the final rejection, the examiner rejected claims 1-
3, 6, 7, and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Ono. In our discussion below with regard to this ground of
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