Appeal No. 2004-2072 Page 2
Application No. 10/036,678
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a device for securing an end of a load
bearing arrangement in an elevator system (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Brendel et al. (Brendel) 4,536,921 Aug. 27, 1985
Schmidt 5,243,739 Sep. 14, 1993
Claims 13 to 16, 19 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Schmidt.
Claims 13 to 18, 24 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Brendel.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed May 4, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed February 25, 2004) and reply brief (filed June 7, 2004)
for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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