Appeal No. 2005-0785 Page 2
Application No. 10/192,959
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a method for making drip irrigation hose
having single slit outlets. Claim 1 is representative of the invention and is reproduced in
the opinion section of this decision.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Lambert et al. (Lambert) 3,952,637 Apr. 27, 1976
Inoue et al. (Inoue) 4,139,159 Feb. 13, 1979
Santanna 4,167,884 Sep. 18, 1979
Gilead 4,195,784 Apr. 1, 1980
Slaughterbeck 4,204,447 May 27, 1980
Townsend 5,076,498 Dec. 31, 1991
Garrett 5,144,874 Sep. 8, 1992
Appellants’ admitted prior art (AAPA) on pages 1-2 of the present specification.
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1-4 and 6-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over the AAPA in view of Inoue, Slaughterbeck, Gilead and Townsend and further in
view of any one of Lambert, Garrett and Santanna.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed September 21, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection and to the brief (filed August 9, 2004) and reply brief (filed October 12, 2004)
for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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