Appeal No. 2002-1316
Application No. 09/049,036
an electrically conductive gasket attached to said magnetic
strip, said electrically conductive gasket being configured to
electrically connect the first component to the second component.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Hartwell 3,026,367 Mar. 20, 1962
Rostek 3,969,572 Jul. 13, 1976
Harada et al. (Harada) 5,160,806 Nov. 3, 1992
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 4, 6, 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Harada in view of
Hartwell.
Claims 10 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Rostek.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main, reply and
supplemental reply briefs (Paper Nos. 14, 16 and 20) and to the
examiner’s answer (Paper No. 19) for the respective positions of
the appellants and examiner regarding the merits of these
rejections.
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