Appeal No. 2000-1518
Application 08/604,105
Based on appellants' positions in the Request, we maintain
our position set forth in the new ground of rejection in our
prior opinion as to claims 1-16. Appellants have persuaded us
of no error with respect to our position in that rejection. More
specifically, there are no statements in the written description
(including the originally filed claims, the drawings and the
specification itself) that the capacitive coupling approach set
forth in claims 1-16 on appeal was otherwise contemplated or
possessed by appellants as to this feature as presently claimed
to apply to a component of furniture set forth in each of these
rejected claims on appeal. This is fully explained in detail in
the prior decision. Additionally, no statements in the written
description of the present application are found by us of
utilizing the capacitive coupling teachings of the two noted
prior art patents incorporated by reference and applying them to
the component of furniture embodiment disclosed herein that is
presently claimed. The capacitive coupling approach as it
applies to components of furniture was first entered into claimed
subject matter in the amendment filed as Paper No. 4 received on
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