Appeal No. 97-1085
Application 08/369,712
The appellant's invention is directed to an article support
and display device. The subject matter before us on appeal is
illustrated by reference to claim 1, a copy of which can be found
in an appendix to the Brief on Appeal.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Fast et al. (Fast ‘189) 5,123,189 Jun. 23, 1992
Fast et al. (Fast ‘766) 5,235,766 Aug. 17, 1993
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over either of the Fast patents.
The rejection is explained in the Examiner's Answer.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellant are set forth in
the Appeal Brief.
OPINION
In reaching our decision on the issues raised in this
appeal, we have carefully assessed the claims, the prior art
applied against the claims, and the respective views of the
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