Appeal No. 97-4042
Application 08/578,248
The appellants’ invention pertains to a lap tray for
serving food and beverage items. Independent claim 1 is
further
illustrative of the appealed subject matter and a copy thereof
may be found in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Hintze 2,652,702 Sep. 22, 1953
Mackey 3,244,125 Apr. 5, 1966
Gregg 3,804,233 Apr. 16, 1974
Mazzotti 5,421,459 Jun. 6, 1995
Anderson Des. 316,359 Apr. 23, 1991
Claims 1, 2, 3, 9 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Mackey.
Claims 4, 5, 10, 12 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Mackey.
Claims 2 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Mackey in view of Anderson.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mackey in view of Mazzotti.
Claims 6-8, 11 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
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