Appeal No. 2001-0259
Application 08/725,762
summary, there are three good reasons why claim 11 is
unpatentable: (1) it is anticipated by the broad claim language
which does not preclude attachment to all speaker cut-outs;
(2) Jung teaches that segments can be coupled to "some or all" of
the cut-outs, which suggests coupling to any number of cut-outs,
including one half of the number of cut-outs; and (3) the
teaching of covering half the speaker area with a single segment
in the fifth embodiment would have suggested modifying the plural
segment third embodiment to cover only half the cut-outs.
Claim 13 has not been separately argued and, so, its
patentability stands or falls together with that of claim 11.
The rejection of claims 11 and 13 is sustained.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR
§ 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED
LEE E. BARRETT )
Administrative Patent Judge )
)
)) BOARD OF PATENT
JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) APPEALS
Administrative Patent Judge ) AND
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