Appeal No. 2003-0683 Page 2
Application No. 09/319,680
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to spring units for beds, divan beds, mattresses,
and other upholstery units (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
Claims 1 to 9 and 11 to 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 1,192,5101 to Fischmann.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 17, mailed April 22, 2002) and the answer (Paper No. 20, mailed
August 29, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and
to the brief (Paper No. 19, filed July 29, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 21, filed
November 5, 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 Fischmann patent, and to the respective
positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
1 Issued July 25, 1916.
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