Appeal No. 98-1204
Application No. 08/609,551
The appellants’ invention is directed to a spreader bar
for a hammock. The subject matter before us on appeal is
illustrated by reference to claim 1, which has been reproduced
in an appendix to the Brief (Paper No. 8).
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Nickerson 369,546 Sep. 6,
1887
Palmer 468,576 Feb. 9, 1892
Lloyd 631,747 Aug. 22, 1899
THE REJECTIONS2
Claims 20 and 21 stand provisionally rejected under the
judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double
patenting over claims 21 and 22 of copending Application
Serial No. 08/609,550.3
Claims 1, 4, 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Nickerson.
2A rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112 erroneously was
included in the listing of standing rejections on page 4 of
the Answer. This rejection was overcome by amendment (see
Paper No. 7).
3This is erroneously recited in the Answer as 08/609,551.
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