Appeal No. 2000-2217 Page 3
Application No. 09/067,287
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for
inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device. A
substantially correct copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief. 3
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Evans et al. 3,082,691 Mar. 26,
1963
(Evans)
Refouvelet et al. 5,576,509 Nov. 19,
1996
(Refouvelet)
Mossi et al. 5,622,381 Apr. 22,
1997
(Mossi)
Claims 14, 16, 18 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Mossi in view of Evans and
Refouvelet.
3A minor error in claim 16 was noted by the examiner
(answer, p. 2).
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