Appeal No. 96-3035
Application 07/945,430
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 8,
the sole claim remaining in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a dispensing imple-
ment for applying semi-solid material by rubbing contact. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
claim 8, with a copy thereof appearing in “APPENDIX A” appended
to appellants’ brief.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied
the documents listed below:2
Cardia 387,213 Sep. 12, 1990
(European Patent Application)
von Schuckmann 3,118,893 Nov. 11, 1982
(Germany)
Goncalves 2,556,941 Jun. 28, 1985
(France)
The following rejection is before us for review.
2Our understanding of the French and German documents is
derived from a reading of translations thereof prepared in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. Copies of these
translations are appended to this opinion.
2
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