Ex parte MECK - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1999-1746                                       Page 3           
          Application No. 08/827,841                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellant's invention relates to a wall fixture.  A                
          copy of claim 1 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:                              
          Hoegger                  1,636,364                     July 19,             
          1927                                                                        
          (Hoegger '364)                                                              
          Koering                  1,773,586                     Aug. 19,             
          1930                                                                        
          Pudliner                 1,897,913                     Feb. 14,             
          1933                                                                        
          Hoegger                  1,962,739                     June 12,             
          1934                                                                        
          (Hoegger '739)                                                              
          Shea et al.              2,146,654                     Feb.  7,             
          1939                                                                        
          (Shea)                                                                      


               Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                 
          unpatentable over Pudliner in view of Hoegger '364, Shea and                
          Koering.                                                                    












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