Appeal No. 2006-0305 3
Application No. 10/370,545
a hose fitting on the shower inlet; and
a hose removably connecting the shower inlet and the drain
adapter.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Merritt 608,207 Aug. 02, 1898
Coles 964,954 Jul. 19, 1910
Jones 1,013,175 Jan. 02, 1912
Davis 2,966,311 Dec. 27, 1960
Lewis 2002/0032926 Mar. 21, 2002
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 4-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Merritt in view of Jones and Davis.
Claims 8, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Coles in view of Lewis, Jones and
Davis.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (filed
April 25, 2005 and July 11, 2005) and answer (mailed May 25,
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