Appeal No. 2004-0906
Application No. 09/571,896
D. Summary
The rejection of claims 1 and 3-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶2,
is affirmed. The rejections of claims 1, 3, 5-7 and 9 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Bumgarner or Crispen are
affirmed. The rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
Crispen is affirmed.
The rejections of claims 4 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
Bumgarner or Crispen are reversed.
The decision of the examiner is affirmed.
3(...continued)
the examiner, the examiner and appellants should determine if
there was evidence, before the date of appellants’ invention,
that elevator safety codes required the use of coated steel belts
for elevator systems (see PCT/US00/22943 (of record), page 1, but
published after appellants’ filing date).
13
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007