Ex parte BERNARDO et al. - Page 5

                Appeal No. 96-1032                                                                                                            
                Application 08/197,443                                                                                                        


                Rejection (2)                                                                                                                 
                         Claim 19 adds to parent claim 25 the recitation that the                                                             
                indicia applying means is a rubber stamp having the indicia                                                                   
                embossed thereon.   Rejection (2) will not be sustained for the2                                                                                                
                same reasons as rejection (1), since the additional reference,                                                                
                Phipps, does not supply the deficiencies noted with regard to the                                                             
                combination of Gunn and Pusic.                                                                                                
                Conclusion                                                                                                                    
                         The examiner’s decision to reject claims 2 to 6, 8, 19 to                                                            
                21, 23 and 25 is reversed.                                                                                                    
                                                                REVERSED                                                                      


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                         2We note that this recited feature is not shown in the                                                               
                drawings, as required by 37 CFR § 1.83(a).                                                                                    
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