Appeal No. 98-0683
Application 08/505,853
Thomas C. Poulson (the appellant) appeals from the final
rejection of claims 1-11, the only claims present in the
application.
We REVERSE.
The appellant's invention pertains to a motor vehicle having
a pair of sun visors, a rear view mirror and an auxiliary sun
visor that is attachable to the front surface of the rear view
mirror for the purpose of bridging the space between the pair of
sun visors. Independent claim 1 is further illustrative of the
appealed subject matter and a copy thereof may be found in the
appendix to the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Short 2,549,395 April 17, 1951
Viertel et al.
(Viertel) 4,477,116 Oct. 26, 1984
Lystad 4,570,991 Feb. 18, 1986
Gleason 5,477,629 Dec. 26, 1995
Hou 5,509,713 Apr. 23, 1996
Claims 1-8, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Short in view of Lystad and either
Gleason or Hou.
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