Appeal No. 2004-0455 Page 2
Application No. 09/540,592
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a tip for dispensing adhesive sealants and
the like. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which appears 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:
Antanavich WO 97/28834 Aug. 14, 1997
(PCT Application)
Tovey EP 858 775 A1 Aug. 18, 1998
(European Patent Application)
Claims 1, 3, 4 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Antanavich in view of Tovey.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 12) and the final rejection (Paper No. 7) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the Brief (Paper No. 11) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
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