Appeal No. 2006-0301 Παγε 2
Application No. 09/837,932
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a lighting system for use within a frame
member for lighting of transparent or translucent surfaces. A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The Applied Prior Art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Torrence 4,922,384 May 1, 1990
Schöniger et al (Schöniger) 5,027,258 Jun. 25, 1991
The Rejection
Claims 1, 3-14 and 16-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Schöniger in view of Torrence.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed August 3, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections and to the brief (filed November 12, 2003) and reply brief (filed April 8, 2004)
for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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