Appeal 2006-3282
Application 09/683,353
means for retaining the first means to the second means in a
side-by-side relationship to form an indicator stick assembly capable
of indicating at least two temperatures.
REFERENCES
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Peterson US 1,603,713 Oct. 19, 1926
Kirk US 3,564,668 Feb. 23, 1971
Aronson US 4,244,660 Jan. 13, 1981
Kossnar US 6,022,159 Feb. 20, 2000
Omega®Engineering Inc., “The Temperature Handbook”, Vol. 29, pg. F10
(Omegamarker® Temperature Test Kit), 1995 (OMEGA®)
REJECTIONS AT ISSUE
Claims 1, 6, 8, 16 and 18 to 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102b
as being anticipated by OMEGA®.
Claims 1, 3, and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102b as being
anticipated by Kossnar.
Claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102b as
being anticipated by Kirk.
Claims 1, 3, 5, 6, and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102b as
being anticipated by Aaronson.
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103a as being obvious
over the combination of OMEGA® in view of Peterson.
The rejection of claims 2, 4, 7, and 10 to 15 has been withdrawn.
ISSUES
The Examiner contends that the OMEGA®, Kossnar, Kirk and
Aaronson references demonstrate that the various claims, as indicated in the
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