Appeal No. 2002-0605 Page 2
Application No. 09/096,542
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to impact absorbers to protect humans,
animals, equipment and cargo from injury or damage during transportation or other
movement in which there is danger of destructive impact with external objects
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth 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:
Eshelman 4,254,978 Mar. 10, 1981
Hochstein 4,484,955 Nov. 27, 1984
Pearson 4,723,765 Feb. 9, 1988
Snaith et al. (Snaith) 5,149,066 Sep. 22, 1992
Claims 1, 2 and 11 to 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Snaith in view of Hochstein.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Snaith in view of Hochstein and Pearson.
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