Appeal No. 2003-0966
Application No. 09/496,486
Appellant’s invention “relates to a foot plate for mounting or
suspending a tandem compressor system on a pair of channel rails”
(specification, page 1). A further understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, the sole
independent claim remaining on appeal, which is reproduced below.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the
following reference:
Elson 5,277,554 Jan. 11, 1994
In addition, the examiner also relies upon admitted “Prior
Art” Figure 1 of the instant application.
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Elson in view of admitted “Prior Art” Figure 1.
Reference is made to appellant’s main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 14 and 18) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 17) for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner regarding the
merits of this rejection.
Discussion
With reference to appellant’s Figure 2, independent claim 1
reads as follows:
1. A hermetic compressor assembly [10] comprising:
a first hermetic compressor [12] having a first
shell [28];
2
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