Appeal No. 1999-0953
Application No. 08/576,618
Appellants’ invention pertains to “product dispensers,
and more particularly, to a dispensing cover for [a] dispenser
for a cream or gel deodorant product in which the product is
advanced within a sleeve to such a dispensing cover”
(specification, page 1). A further understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which is reproduced in the appendix to appellants’ brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Clark 1,017,957 Feb. 20, 1912
Jakubowski 2,917,765 Dec. 22, 1959
Laauwe 4,230,240 Oct. 28, 1980
Lathrop et al. (Lathrop) 5,073,057 Dec. 17,
1991
Bihler (French)1 1,441,112 Apr. 25, 1966
Murphy (EP) 0 100 204 Feb. 8, 1984
Claims 1-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Murphy in view of Laauwe, Lathrop, Bihler,
Jakubowski and Clark.
1Our understanding of this French language document is
derived from a translation prepared in the Patent and
Trademark Office. A copy of the translation is included as an
attachment to this decision.
2
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