Appeal No. 2006-0088 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/183,952
The appellants’ invention relates to an engine mount for a vehicle or ship
(specification, p. 1). 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:
LeFol 4,767,106 Aug. 30, 1988
Oberle 6,386,527 May 14, 2002
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 3 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by LeFol.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over LeFol
in view of Oberle.
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 July 25, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed June 14, 2005) and reply brief (filed September 20,
2005) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
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