Appeal No. 2003-0396 Page 2
Application No. 09/698,570
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to electropneumatic braking systems for
railroad cars and more particularly to a combined electrical and pneumatic train line
connector. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Engle et al. (Engle) 3,895,850 Jul. 22, 1975
Gardner et al. (Gardner) 5,658,159 Aug. 19, 1997
Buchter 5,833,482 Nov. 10, 1998
Gay et al. (Gay) 5,865,329 Feb. 2, 1999
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 3, 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Gardner.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Engle in view of Gay and Gardner.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Engle in view of Gay, Gardner and Buchter.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Gardner in view of Buchter.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 7 and 14) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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