Appeal No. 96-3520
Application 08/260,563
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is:
Snyder et al. (Snyder) 4,257,527 Mar. 24, 1981
The admitted prior art steel drum seen in Figure 1 of the
application drawings.
Claims 1 through 7, 9 and 10 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over admitted prior art
Figure 1 in view of Snyder. According to the examiner,
[i]t would have been obvious to substitute
for the rolling hoops [of Figure 1], roll
loops [sic, hoops] with flattened outer sur-
face as shown by Snyder et al to further
improves [sic] the reinforcement on the
side wall as shown by Snyder et al. (answer,
page 3).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants' specification and claims, to
the applied prior art, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determination that the examiner's
rejection of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 cannot be
sustained. Our reasons follow.
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