Appeal No. 1996-3880 Page 6
Application No. 08/305,441
Chapman discloses a pencil. As shown in Figures 1-3, the
pencil includes a hexagonal pencil body with a series of
depressions therein.
Muliterno discloses an ink level inspection means for
writing devices. As shown in Figure 3, a ball point pen is
provided with windows or openings 9 so that the decrease of
ink in the pen may be observed.
Okumura discloses a pencil-surface decorating method.
The figure shows a pencil 1 having a pattern area 2 printed
thereon by Okumura's pencil-surface decorating method.
Beder discloses puzzle sticks. As shown in Figure 1, a
plurality of square sticks 11-15 are provided with pictorial
segments 18 and 19 on one side thereof.
The examiner determined (answer, p. 3) that
[i]t would have been obvious to a mechanic with ordinary
skill in the art to provide these features [i.e., the
cutouts of Chapman and Muliterno and the indicia of
Okumura and Beder] to the British patent [Richardson].
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