Appeal No. 1997-1878
Application 08/372,532
in independent form.
The claims on appeal are drawn to an article carrier, and
are reproduced in the appendix of appellant’s brief.1, 2
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Holley, Jr. 4,588,084 May 13, 1986
Stout et al. (Stout) 5,333,734 Aug. 2, 1994
Skillen (Canada) 877,792 Aug. 10, 1971
The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. 103(a) as unpatentable over the following combinations
of references:3
(1) Claims 1 and 2, Holley in view of Stout;
(2) Claims 4, 5 and 8, Holley in view of Stout and Skillen.
1 All references herein to appellant’s brief are to the
amended brief filed on Dec. 3, 1999.
2In reviewing the application, it appears that the right-
hand ends of hand holes 148a, 148b, 149a and 149b in Fig. 3
should be open. Also, on page 5 of the specification, “22"
in lines 14 and 15 should be --24--, and “24" (first
occurrence) in line 16 should be --22--.
3 A further rejection of claims 4, 5 and 8 under 35 U.S.C.
112, second paragraph, has, as stated by the examiner in Paper
No. 27 (Dec. 21, 1999), been overcome by the amendment filed
on Oct. 7, 1999.
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