Appeal No. 2006-1347 Page 2
Application No. 10/651,205
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a brace assembly to support an outlet
box. A copy of the claims on appeal can be found in the appendix to the
appellants’ brief.
The examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Rinderer 4,967,990 Nov. 06, 1990
Harris et al. (Harris) 4,050,603 Sep. 27, 1977
Fast 5,040,316 Aug. 20, 1991
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 1, 3, 5, and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Rinderer.
2. Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Rinderer.
3. Claims 4, 8-16, 20, 21, 29, and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Rinderer in view of Harris.
4. Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Rinderer in view of Fast.
5. Claims 18-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Rinderer in view of Harris and Fast.
Rather than reiterate in detail the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
examiner and the appellants regarding this appeal, we make reference to the
examiner's answer (mailed June 3, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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