Appeal No. 2006-1252 Page 2
Application No. 10/310,886
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to electronic controllers for controlling a
liquid dispenser, such as hot-melt equipment, so as to be accessible from remote
locations such as over an Ethernet-based network or the Internet. 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:
Whitmore US 6,611,203 B2 Aug. 26, 2003 (Aug. 29, 2001)
Scherer US 6,772,033 B2 Aug. 3, 2004 (Sep. 6, 2002)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1-36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Whitmore in view of Scherer.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner
and the appellant regarding this appeal, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (mailed July 13, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of
the rejection and to the appellant's brief (filed May 16, 2005) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration
to the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we make the following determinations.
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