Appeal No. 2001-2213 Page 2
Application No. 09/399,418
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to tools that are useful for sanding corners in
rooms that have been roughed out with drywall materials and optionally plaster to cover
joints between drywall materials (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Burtch et al. (Burtch) 3,707,059 Dec. 26, 1972
Walsh 5,337,523 Aug. 16, 1994
Claims 1 to 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Walsh in view of Burtch.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper
No. 11, mailed April 10, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 10, filed February 2, 2001) for the appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
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