Appeal No. 96-3408
Application No. 08/194,904
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a shirt collar having
hidden snaps. A copy of claim 6 is attached to this decision.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is:
Reimer 3 2,043,061 (Germany) March 9, 1972
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Reimer.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the § 103 rejection, we
make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 15, mailed
April 12, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to the appellants' brief (Paper No. 13,
3While the examiner referred to this reference as either
German patent '061 or GP we will refer to this reference as
Reimer, the named inventor. In determining the teachings of
Reimer, we will rely on the translation provided by the Patent
and Trademark Office. A copy of the translation is attached for
the appellants' convenience.
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