Appeal No. 2005-2211 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/715,002
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a bumper for reducing pedestrian injury. A
copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The Prior Art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Sturrus et al. (Sturrus) 5,092,512 Mar. 3, 1992
Glance 5,799.991 Sep. 1, 1998
Scrivo GB 2,081,653 Feb. 24, 1982
(published UK Patent Application)
Hamaya S57-172848 Oct. 23, 19821
(Japanese patent document)
The Rejections
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the rejections on appeal, we make reference to the final
1 We derive our understanding of this reference from the English language translation obtained by
the examiner.
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