Appeal 2007-1670
Application 10/102,565
feature being located on the same side of the door panel,
wherein the door panel has an opening for receiving the
cable drum housing, the opening shaped to receive the
cable drum housing when the cable drum housing is in a
first position and shaped to prevent the cable drum
housing from passing through the opening when the
cable drum housing is in a second position.
THE REJECTIONS
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Dobson US 2001/0034975 A1 Nov. 1, 2001
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 1, 3, 5-11, 16-23, and 31-42 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by Dobson.
2. Claims 12 and 24 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Dobson.
ISSUE
The issue before us is whether the Appellants have shown that the Examiner
erred in finding that Dobson anticipates claims 1, 3, 5-11, 16-23, and 31-42 and
that Dobson renders unpatentable claims 12 and 24. In particular, for independent
claims 1 and 16 and their dependent claims, the issue turns on whether Dobson
discloses a second mounting feature being sandwiched between the first mounting
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