Appeal No. 2005-0127 Page 2
Application No. 10/077,427
INTRODUCTION
The claims are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of obviousness, the
Examiner relies upon the following prior art references:
Hendrix 6,458,301 Oct. 1, 2002
(filed Aug. 27, 2001)
Chen et al. (Chen) 6,602,064 Aug. 5, 2003
(filed Aug. 9, 2000)
The specific rejection is as follows: Claims 1-7 and 15-20 rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hendrix in view of Chen.
Appellants state that “[c]laims 1-7 and 15-20 stand or fall together for purposes of this
appeal.” (Brief, p. 4). We, therefore, select one claim to represent the issues on appeal. We
select claim 1 which reads as follows:
1. A weather stripping for use in sealing an interface between selected portions of a
vehicle, comprising:
a body portion that is adapted to be supported on a selected one of the vehicle portions;
and
a sealing portion extending at least partially away from the body portion, the sealing
portion and the body portion comprising the same thermoplastic material having a microcellular
structure.
We affirm and, in so doing, we adopt the reasoning presented in the Answer and add the
following for emphasis.
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