Appeal No. 2001-2192
Application 09/116,906
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a seat with a sheet-like sensor
which detects whether an occupant is seated in the seat”
(specification, page 1). Independent claim 11 reads as
follows:
11. A seat with a seat sensor, comprising:
a pressure sensitive sheet sensor for sensing a pressure
having a terminal and a cable for connecting the sheet sensor
and the terminal, and
a seat pad for allowing a user to sit thereon, said seat
pad having a slit extending horizontally from a rear
peripheral side of the seat pad to a middle area of the seat
pad, said slit having a width and a height to allow the sheet
sensor to enter from the rear peripheral side to the middle
area thereof so that the sheet sensor is disposed inside the
seat pad, and the terminal projects from the rear side of the
seat pad.
THE PRIOR ART
The reference relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection is:
Fontaine 5,120,980 Jun. 9,
1992
THE REJECTION
Claims 11 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Fontaine.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No.
14) and the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 15) for the
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