Appeal No. 2003-1301
Application No. 09/782,539
Appellants’ invention relates to a power tool with means for obtaining product
use information . An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 25, which is reproduced below.
25. A power tool comprising:
a memory for storing use profile information about the tool, wherein the
stored information is downloadable into a reader apparatus.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is as follows:
Wagner et al. (Wagner) 5,903,462 May 11, 1999
(Filed Oct. 17, 1997)
Claims 25-28 and 30-32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Wagner.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 15, mailed Jan. 2, 2003) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 14, filed Nov. 12, 2002) for appellants’
arguments thereagainst.
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