Appeal No. 97-2226 Page 3
Application No. 08/203,789
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a surgical garment. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claims 1 and 22, which appear in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Thompson 1,489,046 Apr. 1, 1924
Boettcher 2,374,643 May 1, 1945
Kephart et al. 2,504,534 Apr. 18, 1950
(Kephart)
Schuessler 2,735,283 Feb. 21, 1956
Spriggs 4,622,699 Nov. 18, 1986
Dye et al. 5,097,535 Mar. 24, 1992
(Dye)
Mucci et al. 5,222,258 June 29, 1993
(Mucci)
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
set forth in the examiner's answer (Paper No. 16, mailed August
14, 1996) as follows:
a) claims 1 and 10 as being unpatentable over Boettcher in
view of Dye, Kephart, Mucci and Schuessler;
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