Appeal No. 2000-0332
Application No. 08/637,838
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Towsend in view of Borsari.
Claims 3, 13 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Towsend in view of Borsari and
Contri.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 16 and 18)
and the answer (paper number 17) for the respective positions
of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1
through 25.
Appellants and the examiner agree that Towsend discloses
all of the claimed elements except for the means for providing
a time delay that delays the activation of the indicator a
time-delayed period after the turn-off of the heater for the
appliance (brief, page 8; answer, pages 3 and 4). According
to the examiner (answer, page 4), Borsari teaches (column 6,
lines 34 through 42) such a time-delayed period for an
appliance.
The examiner’s contentions to the contrary
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