Appeal No. 96-4085
Application 08/341,837
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 2, 4, 8 through 13, 19 through 23 and 28,
which are all of the claims remaining in this application.
Claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 14 through 18 and 24 through 27 have been
canceled.
Appellants' invention relates to an aquatic floating
device constructed for comfortable, relaxed flotation in a
variety of modes, and for compact handling and storage.
Appellants' invention also addresses a method of floatation using
the above-noted floating device. Claims 21 and 22 are
representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of
those claims, as they appear in Appendix A to appellants' brief,
is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness of the claimed subject matter
are:
Pruden 689,020 Dec. 17, 1901
Hull 5,049,102 Sept. 17, 1991
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