Appeal No. 2001-2371
Application 09/318,259
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over the Japanese reference.
Claims 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over the Japanese reference in view of
the Research reference.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No.
12) and to the examiner’s final rejection and answer (Paper
Nos. 8 and 13) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.
DISCUSSION
I. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 7 and 8
The Japanese reference discloses a gas generator for
inflating an automobile airbag. In the Figure 1 embodiment
focused on by the examiner, the generator 1 comprises first
and second combustion chamber units 10 and 20 which are
separated by a common combination piece 3 and disposed within
a common filter case 2. Each combustion chamber unit includes
an electric ignition device 11, 21, a combustion chamber 13,
23, and tablet-shaped fuel 15, 25. The common filter case 2
3
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