Appeal No. 2006-0180 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/369,343
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a support carriage apparatus for suspending
and mobilizing a plurality of overhead medical instruments in an operating room to
increase footprint floor space efficiency and facilitate different surgical procedures in a
single operating room (appellant's specification, page 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Jako 4,503,854 Mar. 12, 1985
Morris 5,456,655 Oct. 10, 1995
Tachi et al. (Tachi) 6,027,247 Feb. 22, 2000
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Morris.
Claims 2 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Morris in view of Tachi.
Claims 3-5, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Moriss in view of Tachi and Jako.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed November 5, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed August 23, 2004) and reply brief (filed January 7, 2005)
for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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