Appeal No. 1998-2063
Application No. 08/531,087
along a line that extends through the aperture (151), with the
line being substantially horizontal when the package is hung
from the hook. A representative copy of independent claim 1,
reproduced from appellant’s brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Zahuranec et al. (Zahuranec) 3,812,963 May 28,
1974
Bredal 4,305,504 Dec. 15, 1981
Reighart 5,027,947 July 2, 1991
Rejections
Claims 1-17 and 23-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Reighart (Figure 9) in view of
one of Zahuranec or Bredal (Figure 2).
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
regarding the rejection, we make reference to the final
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