Ex parte MCCARTHY et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-3289                                                          
          Application 08/550,895                                                      



          ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        





                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner               
          finally rejecting claims 9-23, which constitute all of the                  
          claims remaining of record in the application.                              
                    The appellants’ invention is directed to an air                   
          mattress.  The subject matter before us on appeal is illus-                 
          trated by reference to claims 9 and 18, which have been repro-              
          duced in an appendix to the Brief.                                          


                                   THE REFERENCES                                     
                    The references relied upon by the examiner to sup-                
          port the final rejection are:                                               
          Nail                    3,705,429                  Dec. 12,                 
          1972                                                                        
          Fraige                  3,957,557                  May  18,                 
          1976                                                                        
          Brock                   4,038,447                  July 26,                 
          1977                                                                        
          Walker                  4,644,597                  Feb. 24,                 
          1987                                                                        

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