Appeal No. 2006-1908 Page 2
Application No. 10/371,161
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a product delivery chute assembly.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal, and a copy of this claim
can be found in the appendix to the appellant’s brief.
The examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Bacon et al . (Bacon) 6,119,438 Sep. 19, 2000
There is only one rejection before us for review. The examiner rejected
claims 1-3 and 9-11 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Bacon.
Rather than reiterate in detail the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
examiner and the appellant regarding this appeal, we make reference to the
examiner's answer (mailed September 22, 2005) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection and to the appellant's brief (filed August 22,
2005) for the appellant's arguments.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have carefully considered the
appellant’s specification and claims, the applied prior art, and the respective
positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we make the determinations that follow. It is our view that, after
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