Appeal No. 97-0519
Application 08/291,719
providing a location of said apparatus in darkness." As
explained in appellant’s specification (page 9),
such a means may include a battery operated light (8) and/or a
sound generating means (10). In addition, such a means may
comprise an outer portion of the apparatus being constructed
from
luminescent material so as to substantially glow in the dark
following exposure to a light source (specification, page 8).
Claims 1, 18 and 21 are representative of the subject matter
on appeal and a copy of those claims, as they appear in the
Appendix to appellant's brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Benedict 2,550,954 May 1, 1951
Hall 4,637,387 Jan. 20, 1987
Heffer 4,905,684 Mar. 6, 1990
Dosch et al. (Dosch) 5,113,854 May 19, 1992
Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 through 16, 18, 20
through 28, 37 and 41 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Hall in view of Heffer and Benedict.
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