Appeal No. 2004-2038
Application No. 09/681,778
Appellants’ invention pertains to an exterior panel. A
basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears below.
As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
King 5,465,486 Nov. 14, 1995
Grace, Sr. et al. 5,946,876 Sep. 7, 1999
(Grace, Sr.)
The following rejections are before us for review.1
Claims 1 through 6 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by King.
Claims 1 through 6 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Grace, Sr.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper
1 In both of the examiner’s rejections set forth in the
answer, claim 7 was included. However, as indicated in the brief
(page 2), claim 7 was canceled by appellants (see Paper No. 6).
2
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