Appeal No. 2006-1172
Application No. 10/313,418
Claim 1 is representative of the invention and is reproduced below:
1. A bath overflow alarm for mounting to the overflow drain of a
bathtub, the overflow drain having one of at least two different
configurations to mount an overflow plate, the alarm comprising:
a single mounting unit having at least two different mounting
configurations corresponding to the at least two different overflow plate
mounting configurations of the overflow drain and having an overflow
passage, and
an alarm unit including;
a sensor for detecting the presence of water; and
an alarm output coupled to said sensor and activated when
the presence of water is detected.
References
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Shrewsbury-Gee 5,661,462 Aug. 26, 1997
Bennett Jr. et al. (Bennett) 6,369,715 Apr. 9, 2002
Dunnett 2002/0047784A1 Apr. 25, 2002
Rejection at Issue
Claims 1 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Shrewsbury-Gee. Claims 12, 13, 16 and 17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Shrewsbury-Gee in view of Dunnett.
Claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Shrewsbury-Gee in view of Bennett.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections
advanced by the examiner and the evidence of anticipation and obviousness
relied upon by the examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise,
reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, appellant’s
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