Appeal No. 2001-2671 Page 3
Application No. 09/258,155
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a process for
controlling a roof of a vehicle, which is to be opened in a
power-operated manner (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:
Baratelli 3,577,164 May 4,
1971
Weissrich et al. 5,749,617 May 12, 1998
(Weissrich)
Claims 1, 3 to 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, first paragraph.
Claims 1, 3 to 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
101.
Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Weissrich.
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