Appeal No. 97-2562 Page 3
Application No. 08/492,241
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a infant bouncer. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 20, which appears in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Zawadzki 3,019,052 Jan. 30, 1962
Adachi 4,141,095 Feb. 27, 1979
Claims 20 to 22, 25 to 28, 30, 32 and 37 to 40 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Zawadzki.
Claims 20 to 25, 29, 30, 32 to 35 and 37 to 40 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Adachi.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No.
10, mailed February 3, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants'
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