Appeal No. 2006-0863 Παγε 5
Application No. 10/323,325
We turn lastly to the examiner's rejection of claim 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Adams, Higuchi and Winslow. The examiner relies on Winslow
for teaching a halter comprising a connecting assembly 20 in which a first strap of the
halter is engages with the crossbar of the assembly 20 and a connecting member (the
snap hook at 20) carried by a second strap end (at end 14) formed in the halter.
We will not sustain this rejection because claim 13 is dependent on claim 1 and
thus includes the subject matter regarding the other end of the arm being at all times
within the profile of the housing found lacking in Adams and we have examined the
disclosure of Winslow and found that it does not cure the Adams deficiency.
The examiner's rejections of claims 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 12 and 26 has not been
sustained. The examiner's rejection of claim 27 has been sustained.
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