Appeal No. 2005-2198 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/286,942
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention is in the field of ergonomic supports for seats,
especially automobile seats (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellant's replacement brief (filed February 16, 2005).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
DeLisle et al. (DeLisle) 4,421,110 Dec. 20, 1983
Harrison et al. (Harrison) 5,217,278 June 8, 1993
Sessini 5,567,011 Oct. 22, 1996
Martin et al. (Martin) Des. 413,985 Sept. 14, 1999
Cosentino et al. (Cosentino) 6,296,308 Oct. 2, 2001
Claims 1 to 4, 8 to 11, 13 to 15 and 19 to 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over either Cosentino or Sessini in view of DeLisle and
Martin.
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Harrison in view of DeLisle and Martin.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
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