Ex parte BARNETT et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 96-2455                                                          
          Application 08/223,323                                                      



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's                  
          final rejection of claims 1 through 12, 18 through 21 and 24,               
          which  are all of the claims remaining in this application.                 
          Claims 13 through 17, 22, 23 and 25 through 39 have been                    
          canceled.                                                                   


                    Appellants' invention is directed to a temporary                  
          disposable seat cover that may be used, for example, to pro-                
          tect vehicle seats during (1) the manufacture of the vehicle,               
          (2) shipment thereof, and (3) also during any subsequent                    
          repairs thereof at a car dealership, etc.  A copy of independ-              
          ent claims 1, 18 and 24 on appeal may be found in Appendix A                
          attached to appellants' brief.                                              


                    The prior art references of record relied upon by                 
          the examiner as evidence of obviousness of the claimed subject              
          matter are:                                                                 
          Nail                    2,904,103                 Sept. 15,                 
          1959                                                                        


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