Appeal No. 2001-2392 Page 2
Application No. 09/114,962
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a side impact air bag system for vehicles. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which
appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Merhar 3,701,903 Oct. 31, 1972
Haviland 3,791,667 Feb. 12, 1974
Breed 4,666,182 May 19, 1987
Lau et al. (Lau) 5,273,309 Dec. 28, 1993
Spies et al. (Spies) 6,015,162 Jan. 28, 2000
(filed May 21, 1993)
Claims 1, 6, 10, 12, 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Haviland in view of Breed.
Claims 2-4, 14 and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Breed in view of Haviland and Merhar.
Claims 5, 7, 9 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Breed in view of Haviland and Spies.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Haviland in view of Breed and Lau.
Claim 31 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Haviland in view of Breed and Spies.
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