Appeal No. 2003-2172
Application No. 09/644,793
Independent claim 14, akin to the content of independent
claim 1 earlier noted, sets forth the feature of a yarn sewed
along the peripheral portions of first and second panels of an
airbag within a range of width of elastic adhesive to connect the
panels together. For reasons already set forth relative to claim
1 above, the teachings of Saderholm and Hirai would not have been
suggestive thereof. Accordingly, the rejection of claim 14 is
not sustained.
REMAND TO THE EXAMINER
This application is remanded to the examiner to assess the
claims of this application in light of the airbag teachings of
Japan 10-129380 (published May 19, 1998) and Japan 10-102029
(published April 4, 1998), both of record, by themselves or with
other known prior art. The examiner should consider whether it
would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art
to, for example, replace the non-vulcanized sheet 16
(subsequently vulcanized) of Japan ‘380 (Fig. 13) with an
adhesive, following the adhesive 7 teaching of Japan ‘029 (Figs.
1 and 2).
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