Appeal No. 2005-2102
Application No. 10/077,346
ground of rejection (Brief, pages 5-6). Therefore we select one
claim from each ground of rejection and decide the grounds of
rejection on the basis of these claims alone. See 37 CFR
§ 1.192(c)(7)(2003). Representative independent claim 21 is
reproduced below:
21. A bed liner for a vehicle comprising in combination:
a first base layer;
a patterned second layer secured to the first base layer; and
a clear third layer secured to the patterned layer for
permitting the patterned layer to be viewed.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Okada et al. (Okada) 4,098,184 Jul. 04, 1978
Kamiya et al. (Kamiya) 6,103,390 Aug. 15, 2000
Sada et al. (Sada) 6,350,509 Feb. 26, 2002
(filed Dec. 10, 1999)
Claims 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as indefinite (Answer, page 3, referring to the Office
action dated Nov. 4, 2003). Claims 21-22 and 25-26 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as anticipated by Kamiya (id. At page 4).
Claims 23-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Kamiya in view of Okada (id. At page 5). Claim
27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Kamiya in view of Sada (id.).
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