Appeal No. 2006-1834
Application No. 09/852,253
The claimed invention relates to an acoustic guitar structure including a sound box
having a sound board. The sound board is constructed of no more than two wood layers
bonded together with the first and second layers made of different types of wood.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. An acoustic guitar, the guitar having a body having a soundboard, the
soundboard comprising a first layer and a second layer, both layers being bonded
together, wherein the first and second layers are made of different types of wood, wherein
the sound board comprises no more that [sic] two layers of wood bonded together.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Oehrlein 168,665 Oct. 11, 1875
Petek 2,674,912 Apr. 13, 1954
Irving Sloane (Sloane), STEEL-STRING GUITAR CONSTRUCTION, E.P. Dutton & Co.,
Inc., New York, page 19 (1975).
Claims 1, 2, 7, 8, 20-23, and 25-27 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers Petek in view of Sloane with respect to
claims 1, 2, 7, 8, 20, 21, 23, and 25, and adds Oehrlein to the basic combination with
respect to claims 22, 26, and 27.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is
made to the Briefs1 and Answer for the respective details.
1 The Appeal Brief (second) was filed November 28, 2003. In response to the
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