Appeal No. 97-2780
Application 08/456,109
The following references are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness in support of his
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
Kelling 3,073,661 Jan. 15, 1963
Alton 4,955,485 Sep. 11, 1990
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Alton in view of Kelling. According
to the examiner’s findings (see pages 3-4 of the answer),
Alton discloses a display base having a plurality of cavities
for displaying baseballs or other items. Based upon his
analysis of the scope and content of the Alton reference, the
examiner concedes that Alton lacks a teaching of labels on the
base (see page 3 of the answer) and, also, a teaching of
forming the displayed items or objects from a soft, foam
resilient material as called for in appealed claim 1 (see
pages 4-5 of the answer).
With regard to the difference pertaining to the labels,
the examiner concludes that the teachings of Kelling would
have made it obvious “to modify Alton by attaching labels to
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