Appeal 2007-0782 Application 10/683,453 1 CONCLUSION OF LAW 2 On the record before us, Appellants have shown that the Examiner has 3 not given any persuasive reason why one skilled in the art would have 4 incorporated the coefficient of friction detection of Hunter into the system of 5 Takao to arrive at the claimed invention. 6 7 DECISION 8 The Examiner's rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-16 is reversed. 9 10 REVERSED 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 hh 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL, LLP 30 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT 31 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 32 NEW YORK, NY 10036 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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