Appeal No. 2001-2294
Application 29/097,935
designer of chairs of the type claimed would have understood
the showing in Figures 2, 4 and 5 of the “drawings” of the
present application to depict upstanding ribs on the seat
portion of the chair therein, a configuration that such a
designer would have readily understood to be disadvantageous
from a comfort perspective when sitting on the chair for any
length of time.
Like appellant, in reaching the above conclusions we have
relied upon the knowledge and critical eye of the person
skilled in the art (i.e., a designer of chairs of the type
claimed) in interpreting what is reasonably shown in the
“drawings” of the present application. In addition, we have
viewed all of the photographs filed with the application in
our attempt to understand exactly what appellant’s claimed
subject matter encompasses, as we believe a designer of such
chairs would have done, especially with regard to common
design features, like the subtle segments of the chair seats
in each of the chair embodiments and in the table top of
Figures 16-19.
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