Appeal Number: 2006-3176
Application Number: 10/203,620
Yasunari JP 11-289108 Oct. 19, 1999
GARDENING: Music & Plants, Copyright 2000, FT Asia Intelligence Wire, The
Statesman (India), (20 October 2000), 2 pages (Statesman)
In addition, we make the following art of record.
Rice US 2002/0154787 A1 Oct. 24, 2002
Provisional 60/269,382 Feb. 20, 2001
Ramsey Electronics, Music Light Model ML1 Construction Manual, 1994
Don Lancaster, Hardware Hacker, March 1989
REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3 through 6, 8, 11, 12 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as obvious over Norifumi and Statesman.
Claims 7 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
Norifumi, Statesman and Ryuichi.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Norifumi,
Statesman and Shinji.
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Norifumi,
Statesman and Yasunari.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the
examiner's answer (mailed Mar. 29, 2006) for the reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellants’ brief (filed Jan. 20, 2006) for the arguments
thereagainst.
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