Appeal No. 2003-0514 Page 2
Application No. 09/820,147
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of attaching a head rest guide tube
to a vehicle seat back frame (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
Claims 13 to 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over the Appellants Admitted Prior Art (AAPA) in view of U.S. Patent No. 3,286,5391 to
Loper et al. (Loper).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 14, mailed October 1, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 13, filed September 16, 2002) and
reply brief (Paper No. 15, filed December 9, 2002) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art, and to the respective
1 Issued November 22, 1966.
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