Appeal No. 2005-0540 Page 2
Application No. 09/942,199
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a puzzle joint system for use in joining wood
products such as a chair and table components (specification, p. 1). A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Pontikas 4,809,755 Mar. 7, 1989
Grisley 5,114,265 May 19, 1992
Claims 1 to 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Grisley in view of Pontikas.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the final
rejection (mailed May 2, 2003) and the answer (mailed December 12, 2003) for the
examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the brief (filed
November 6, 2003) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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