Appeal No. 2006-0887
Application No. 09/053,832
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a mechanism to move wooden boards
containing defects through trimmer saws to yield useable boards (specification, p.
1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's
brief.
The examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Zimmerman 4,009,741 Mar. 1, 1977
Conrad 4,449,958 May 22, 1984
Baranski 4,681,005 Jul. 21, 1987
Chambers 5,637,068 Jun. 10, 1997
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 15, 18-22 and 25-32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Chambers in view of Conrad and Baranski.
Claims 16, 17, 23, and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Chambers in view of Conrad and Baranski and further in view of
Zimmerman.
Rather than reiterate in their entirety the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding this appeal, we make reference to the
examiner's answer (mailed October 29, 2003) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections and to the appellant's brief (filed August 7,
2003) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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