Appeal No. 2000-2006
Application No. 09/027,173
support of the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No.
19, filed February 22, 2000) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants' specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determinations
which follow.
Independent claim 1 defines appellants' invention as
being a tarpaulin comprising a sheet (e.g., of canvas or
synthetic resin material), a reinforcing webbing applied to
the outer side of the sheet, a retroreflective sheeting
"incorporated onto the reinforcing webbing," and a plurality
of non-elastic straps "joined to said retroreflective sheeting
on said outer side" for attaching to a perimeter of a vehicle.
According to the examiner (answer, page 3), Hansen
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