Appeal No. 2003-1747
Application 09/647,296
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Scholz et al. (Scholz) 4,243,248 Jan. 6, 1981
Joachim Bauer et al., Bus System for Wiring Actuators of
Restraint Systems, SAE Paper No 971053, February 24-27, 1997.
(hereinafter, Bauer)
Claims 8 through 10, 12 and 16 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Bauer.
Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Bauer in view of Scholz.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's commentary
with respect to the above-noted rejections and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding
those rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 14, mailed December 17, 2002) for the reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No.
12, filed September 30, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 15,
filed February 20, 2003) for the arguments thereagainst.
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