Appeal No. 97-2722 Page 3
Application No. 08/329,840
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a combined rack and
storage device for a bicycle. A copy of claims 1 through 7 is
attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Edmonds 702,292 June 10,
1902
Silverman 2,713,845 July
26, 1955
Zopfi 3,578,027 May 11,
1971
Shockley 4,295,586 Oct. 20,
1981
Bass et al. (Bass) 4,760,943 Aug. 2,
1988
Dworman et al. (Dworman) 4,878,867 Nov.
7, 1989
Laiti 2,681,039 2 Mar. 12, 1993
(France)
112,5043
2In determining the teachings of Laiti, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellant's convenience.
3The examiner referred to this as a French patent having
a date of December 1941. Only copies of Figures 1-3 have been
provided and relied upon by the examiner. The appellant has
not challenged that this reference is prior art to their
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