Appeal No. 2003-0992
Application 09/934,026
The Rejection on Appeal
Claims 2-8 and 10-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable for
obviousness over the combined teachings of Dresen and Kuhns.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the combined
teachings of Dresen, Kuhns, and Wayne.
For purposes of this appeal, the appellant has grouped claims 4 and 5 with claim 2, claims
9 and 10 with claim 6, and claim 14 with claim 11. (Supp. Brief at 7)
The Invention
The claimed invention is directed to a bed liner for a pickup truck. Each independent
claim 2, 6 and 11 includes a particular recitation about the material from which the bed liner is
made. Specifically,
Claim 2 recites, in pertinent part:
said bed liner fabricated of a material comprising a mixture of a
non-conductive plastic and a conductive material selected from the
group consisting of carbon particles and carbon fibers.
Claim 6 recites, in pertinent part:
said bed liner fabricated of a plastic material and including
conductive material in at least a portion of said plastic material for
dissipating electrical charges.
Claim 11 recites, in pertinent part:
said bed liner fabricated of a mixture of a non-conductive material
and conductive material for dissipating electrical charges.
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