Appeal No. 97-1974
Application 08/286,696
The appealed claims are drawn to a flowerpot hanger, a
saucer holder, and a method of hanging a flowerpot. Claims 1
to 9 are reproduced in Appendix A of appellants' brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Minnick 5,074,504 Dec. 24,
1991
Shepherd et al. (Shepherd) 5,405,116 Apr. 11,
1995
(Filed Apr. 19, 1994)
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 5 to 8, unpatentable for failure to comply
with 35 USC § 112, second paragraph;
(2) Claims 1 to 5, anticipated by Shepherd, under 35 USC
§ 102(e);
(3) Claim 4, anticipated by Minnick, under 35 USC §
102(b);
(4) Claims 6 to 9, unpatentable over Shepherd, under 35
USC § 103.
Rejection Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Before considering the merits of the rejections appealed
from, we enter the following rejection pursuant to 37 CFR
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