Appeal No. 2000-0204
Application No. 08/512,068
indicated by the examiner to be allowable (See Paper No. 24,
mailed May 3, 1999), hence the appeal as to these claims is
dismissed. Claim 6, the only other claim remaining in this
application, has been withdrawn from further consideration
under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a non-elected
invention. Claims 1 through 5 have been canceled and newly
presented claims 7 through 10 were refused entry by the
examiner (See Paper No. 13, mailed December 19, 1996).
Appellant's invention as defined in claim 13 on appeal
relates to a wick holding grate, for example, like that seen
in Figure 3 of the application drawings. Claim 13 reads as
follows:
13. A wick holding grate comprising:
A base member with apertures which permit each candle
wick to be passed therethrough and notches on the apertures in
the base member which hold the candle wicks in place during
the entire wax cooling process of the manufacture of the
candle whereby the wick holding grate can be shipped along
with the candles as part of the shipping container.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner is:
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