Appeal No. 2001-0255
Application 08/733,567
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A speaker system comprising:
a speaker having a cone which converts an electric signal
into a sound wave signal;
a frame attached to a rear side of said speaker and
having a plurality of sound wave radiating holes formed therein;
and
a sound wave amplifying horn for amplifying and radiating
only a portion of sound waves which are radiated from the rear
side through said frame.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Jung 5,206,465 Apr. 27, 1993
Sugimoto et al. (Sugimoto) 5,604,337 Feb. 18, 1997
(filed Feb. 10, 1995)
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by the disclosure of Jung. Claims 5-11 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness the
examiner offers Jung alone with respect to claim 5, and Jung in
view of Sugimoto with respect to claims 6-11.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
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