Appeal No. 2001-0045 Page 2
Application No. 09/103,347
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to equipment mounting racks and cabinets. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which has been reproduced below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Anderson et al. (Anderson) 5,639,150 Jun. 17, 1997
Hsueh 5,664,380 Sep. 9, 1997
German Patent (Offenlegungsschrift)2 26 09 100 A1 Sep. 8, 1977
(DT 100)
Claims 1-14, 16-20, 24 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Anderson.
Claims 10, 11 and 13-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Hsueh.
Claims 21 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by the German reference (DT ‘100).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 17) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and
2Our understanding of this document was obtained from a PTO translation, a copy of which is
enclosed.
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