Appeal No. 1996-3525 Page 3
Application No. 08/089,595
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a pushbutton
assembly for control of plumbing fixtures in prisons and the
like. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claims 1 and 10, which appear in the2
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Morris et al. (Morris '374) 4,195,374 April 1, 1980
Morris et al. (Morris '163) 4,480,163 Oct. 30, 1984
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the
appellants regard as the invention.
Claims 1 through 3, 7, 10 and 11 stand rejected under
2On page 4 of the answer, the examiner noted a minor
error in the copy of claim 1 at line 8 where "elements" should
be
--element--.
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