Appeal No. 2002-1911 Page 9
Application No. 09/598,087
weight sensor assemblies are readable on Verma's brackets 16 with full bridge strain
gages 30 mounted on top of the intermediate beam 22 sections of the brackets as
shown in Figure 4.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 1
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is affirmed.
Claim 3
The appellant has grouped claims 1 and 3 as standing or falling together.3
Thereby, in accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), claim 3 falls with claim 1. Thus, it
follows that the decision of the examiner to reject claim 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is
also affirmed.
Claim 11
Claim 11 reads as follows:
A system for measuring the weight of an occupant seated on a vehicle
seat comprising:
a seat riser mounted to a vehicle structure;
a seat frame member for supporting a seat bottom;
a plurality of weight sensors each having a first end mounted to said seat
riser and a second end mounted to said seat frame with a central bendable
portion extending between said first and second ends;
3 See page 5 of the appellant's brief.
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