Appeal No. 2004-0440 Page 3
Application No. 10/083,171
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
Independent claim 1 reads as follows:
1. An automotive air freshner [sic: freshener] for insertion
into a cigarette lighter socket of an auto operatively
connected to a source of electrical power, comprising:
an elongated housing having first and second ends
and opposite sides,
a first electrical contact in the first end of said housing
and protruding from the inside to the outside of the housing,
second electrical contacts on the opposite sides of
said first end and protruding from the inside to the outside of
the housing,
the first end of the housing being adapted for
insertion into the cigarette lighter socket so that the first and
second electrical contacts can be in electrical contact with
the socket,
an elongated circuit board in the housing extending
towards the first and second ends connected to the first and
second electrical contacts and including a control circuit with
a multi-position circuit with a multi-position switch that
provide varying degrees of heat to an electrical heater
element,[1]
an aromatic fragrance means in said housing, and
1 Actually, the control circuit and switch provide varying degrees of current to the electrical heater
element so that the electrical heater element provides or produces varying degrees of heat.
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