Appeal No. 1998-2851 Page 3
Application No. 08/756,901
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an illuminated toy
pail. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 10, 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:
Williams 691,036 Jan. 14,
1902
Newcomb et al. 4,563,726 Jan.
7, 1986
(Newcomb)
Hickey 4,714,985 Dec. 22,
1987
Gary 4,962,907 Oct.
16, 1990
Claims 10, 12 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Hickey in view of Williams, Newcomb
and Gary.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
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