Appeal No. 2002-1911 Page 2
Application No. 09/598,087
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an apparatus for measuring the weight of a
seat occupant (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:
Kiuchi 4,181,012 Jan. 1, 1980
Asche 5,481,078 Jan. 2, 1996
Verma et al. (Verma) 5,942,695 Aug. 24, 1999
Mehney et al. (Mehney) 6,039,344 Mar. 21, 2000
Claims 1, 3 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated
by Verma.
Claims 1 to 3, 7 to 15 and 17 to 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Mehney in view of Kiuchi.
Claims 4 to 6 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mehney in view of Kiuchi and Asche.
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