Appeal No. 97-0677
Application No. 08/312,710
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a one-piece blow-
molded plastic drum. Claims 1 and 2, as they appear in the
appendix to the appellants' brief, are 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:
Ames 4,489,847 Dec.
25, 1984
Pyzytulla 5,018,642 May
28, 1991
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Pyzytulla in view of Ames.
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. 13, mailed September 18, 1996) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the appellants'
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