Appeal No. 97-1977
Application 07/970,862
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
refusal to allow claims 32 through 36, 38, 40 through 45 and 47
through 52 as amended subsequent to the final rejection in a
paper filed April 16, 1996 (Paper No. 22). The above enumerated
claims are all of the claims remaining in this application.
Claims 1 through 31, 37, 39 and 46 have been canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to a method of carrying
and reading a map (claim 32), more particularly, a method of
carrying and reading a ski area trail map by a skier (claim 41).
Claim 32 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and a
copy of that claim, as it appears in the Appendix to appellant's
brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Connell et al. (Connell) 4,415,106 Nov. 15, 1983
Williams 4,570,688 Feb. 18, 1986
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