Appeal No. 2003-1806 Page 2
Application No. 09/592,578
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to hinges for an opening door or window frame
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Green et al. (Green) 5,755,011 May 26, 1998
Wilms DE 26 28 951.01 Jan. 5, 1978
Balbo WO 98/41720 Sept. 24, 1998
Claims 7 to 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Balbo in view of Wilms and Green.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 8, mailed January 29, 2002) and the answer (Paper No. 13, mailed
October 21, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection,
1 In determining the teachings of Wilms, we will rely on the translation of record provided by the
USPTO.
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