Appeal No. 97-2147 Page 3
Application No. 08/512,477
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a vertical blind.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to
the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Salzmann 4,122,884 Oct. 31,
1978
Helver 4,848,435 July 18,
1989
Marocco 4,875,516 Oct. 24,
1989
Gramling 5,090,267 Feb. 25,
1992
Sandall et al. 2,060,743 May
7, 1981
(Sandall) (United Kingdom)
Claims 1 through 3 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Sandall in view of Helver and
Salzmann.
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