Appeal No. 96-3555
Application No. 08/297,021
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of treating
razor blades. Claims 51 and 52 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of those claims, as they appear in
the appellants' brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Clague et al. (Clague) 2,746,466
May 22, 1956
Grefe et al. (Grefe) 3,498,257
Mar. 3, 1970
Sastri 3,811,189 May
21, 1974
Tardoskegyi 3,868,272
Feb. 25, 1975
Weihe 4,076,554 Feb.
28, 1978
Claims 18 through 20, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30 and 51 through 53
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Grefe in combination with Weihe, Clague, Sastri and Tardoskegyi.
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