Appeal No. 1999-2371 Page 2
Application No. 08/909,834
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method of removably securing a speaker grille
to a cabinet (claims 1-7) and to a removable fastening system (claims 8-14). An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 8, which
appears in an appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Raymond 3,252,677 May 24, 1966
Notoya 4,422,222 Dec. 27, 1983
Nakamura 4,681,288 Jul. 21, 1987
Hiraki et al. (Hiraki) 4,993,511 Feb. 19, 1991
Claims 1-3, 5-10 and 12-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hiraki in view of Notoya and Raymond.
Claims 4 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hiraki in view of Notoya, Raymond and Nakamura.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Final Rejection
(Paper No. 4) and the Answer (Paper No. 11) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the Brief (Paper No. 10) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
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