Appeal No. 2005-1123 Page 2
Application No. 10/062,921
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to remote controls for use with motorized
window coverings and to systems for controlling motorized window coverings. A copy
of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The Prior Art
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Kovach et al. (Kovach) 5,793,174 Aug. 11, 1998
Hosono et al. (Hosono) 1999-98028 Apr 9, 19991
(Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
The Rejection
Claims 2-4, 6-8, 15-19 and 21-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kovach in view of Hosono.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 16) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection and to
the brief (Paper No. 15) and reply brief (Paper No. 17) for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
1 We derive our understanding of this reference from an English language translation, obtained by
the USPTO, a copy of which is attached hereto.
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