Ex parte GALLEGOS - Page 6




                  Appeal No. 95-2937                                                                                                                      
                  Application 29/057,491                                                                                                                  


                  agree with appellant that the examiner has either improperly dismissed without fair                                                     
                  comparison the visual impact of these features on the design as whole, or unreasonably                                                  
                  assumed that unseen portions of Dusseault are exactly or colorably similar to such                                                      
                  features.                                                                                                                               

                                                                     Conclusion                                                                           

                           In light of the foregoing, we will not sustain the examiner’s obviousness rejection of                                         
                  the claimed ornamental design as being unpatentable over Dusseault.                                                                     
                           The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                                                      
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              





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                                             WILLIAM F. PATE, III                                  )                                                      
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                                             LAWRENCE J. STAAB                                     )                                                      
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                                             JERRY SMITH                                           )                                                      
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