Appeal No. 2003-0414 Page 2
Application No. 09/833,831
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates generally to suspended ceiling grid structures
and, more particularly, to cross tees exhibiting linear measurement markings and for
use in a grid structure (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
O'Brien et al. (O'Brien) 3,374,596 Mar. 26, 1968
Cubbler, Jr. et al. (Cubbler) 3,979,874 Sep. 14, 1976
Blubaugh et al. (Blubaugh) 6,269,595 Aug. 7, 2001
Claims 1 and 3 to 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Cubbler in view of O'Brien and Blubaugh.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 10, mailed September 9, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 9, filed August 21, 2002) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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