Appeal No. 2001-1915 Page 2
Application No. 09/362,590
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a mounting bracket for mounting a luggage rack
on a motorcycle. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Abram 4,030,750 Jun. 21, 1977
Wright 5,984,331 Nov. 16, 1999
Claims 1, 4, 8-11 and 15-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Wright in view of Abram.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 10) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the Brief
(Paper No. 9) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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