Appeal No. 2000-0873
Application No. 08/975,983
from which they
depend. Claims 1-19, 22-39 and 42, 43, 49-54 and 101-112, the
only other claims remaining in the application, have been
withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR
§ 1.142(b) as not being readable in the elected invention.
Appellant’s invention pertains to a kit and method for
“permit[ting] a non-artist to easily transfer outlines of
works of art, cartoon characters, or any graphic images, to
surfaces of objects such as walls, ceilings, or doors”
(specification, page 4). Independent claims 56 and 44, copies
of which are found in an attachment to appellant’s brief, are
representative of the claimed kit and method, respectively.
The references applied by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Milne 3,284,927 Nov. 15, 1966
Canning et al. (Canning) 3,760,973 Sep. 25,
1973
DePauw 3,815,265 Jun. 11, 1974
Dowzall et al. (Dowzall) 4,941,520 Jul. 17,
1990
Mayer, "The Artist's Handbook Of Materials and Techniques",
fourth ed., published by The Viking Press, New York (August,
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