Appeal No. 2005-0059 Page 2
Application No. 10/441,799
The appellant's invention relates to a dishwasher having a handle which enables
a user to move the rack horizontally into and out of the dishwasher (specification, p. 2).
A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Mason 3,612,285 Oct. 12, 1971
The rejections
Claims 1 to 5 and 19 to 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Mason.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed 06/23/04) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections,
and to the brief (filed 5/25/04) and reply brief (filed 08/26/04) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
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