Appeal No. 97-1092
Application 08/412,491
depending from a rejected base claim.
The subject matter on appeal relates to “a three-way
valve for a faucet head” (specification, page 1). Claim 1 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A kitchen faucet comprising:
a) a kitchen faucet base having an temperature control
valve and a hollow member extending therefrom;
b) an extensible kitchen faucet head, said extensible
kitchen faucet head connectable to the kitchen faucet base and
including a flexible conduit sized to slide in and out of the
hollow member, said flexible conduit connectable to a source
of liquid, said extensible kitchen faucet head further
comprising a kitchen faucet body having;
i) a first passageway therein, an inlet of said
first passageway connected to said flexible conduit, said
first passageway diverging into a second and a third
passageway, each of said second and third passageways having
an outlet for liquid discharge; and
ii) means for blocking flow of said liquid through
one of and both of said second and third passageways.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Magnenat et al. (Magnenat) 5,158,234 Oct. 27, 1992
Henkin et al. (Henkin) 5,230,106 Jul. 27, 1993
Claims 1 and 4 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Magnenat in view of Henkin.
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