Appeal No. 2005-0994 Page 2
Application No. 09/432,485
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method and system of paint spray particle
trajectory analysis for computer aided vehicle design (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:
Strumolo 5,568,404 Oct. 22, 1996'
Miller et al. (Miller), "Transient CFD Simulations of a Bell Sprayer," Sept. 1998
Kinema/SIM Manual, ArSciMed, 1996
Claims 1 to 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Miller.
Claims 1 to 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
the Kinema/SIM Manual in view of Strumolo or Miller.
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 December 5, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
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