Appeal No. 96-1997
Application No. 08/176,614
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a method of
shaping a sheet of material about the outer surface of a flower
pot. Claim 8 is exemplary of the invention and reads as follows:
8. A method for shaping a sheet of material about the outer
peripheral surface of a flower pot having an upper end and a
lower end, comprising:
providing a collar having an opening formed
therethrough, the opening being shaped to receive the flower
pot so the flower pot extends through the opening formed in
the collar and so the collar extends generally about the
outer peripheral surface of the flower pot;
positioning and securing said collar on the outer
peripheral surface of said flower pot
shaping the sheet of material generally about at least
a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot
and generally about the collar; and
connecting the sheet of material to the collar for
securing the sheet of material positioned generally about
the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot.
The reference of record relied upon by the examiner in a
rejection of the claim under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is:
Clement 2,827,217 Mar. 18, 1958
A new reference relied upon by this panel of the Board
in a new ground of rejection pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b) is:
Weder 5,274,900 Jan. 4, 1994
(Filed Dec. 3, 1992)
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