Appeal No. 96-1337
Application 08/229,804
Appellants’ invention pertains to a convertible tree
stand platform for rifle and bow-hunting. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim
1, a copy of which appears in “Appendix A” of the brief (Paper
No. 8).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Gibson et al. 4,726,447 Feb. 12,
1988
(Gibson)
Jamieson 5,052,516 Oct. 01,
1991
Louk et al. 5,234,076 Aug. 10,
1993
(Louk)
The following rejection is the sole rejection before us
for review.
Claims 1, 2, and 4 through 20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Louk in view of either
Jamieson or Gibson.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
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