Appeal No. 97-1020
Application 08/229,650
We will not sustain this rejection. It is not
apparent to us how the blanket of Miller, modified by
providing apertures as taught by Ranalli, could be further
modified in view of Hoover to provide fasteners for forming a
hood. In Hoover, the hood is a separate piece of material 16
attached across one corner 11 of blanket 10, and is formed by
engaging the fasteners 21 at that corner with fasteners 15 at
the opposite corner 13. We agree with appellants that it
would not have been obvious to incorporate such an arrangement
in the blanket of Miller, for "[i]f the Miller construction
were modified to use Hoover's hood then the blanket would be
folded over itself and the pocket [1 of Miller] would be
totally useless" (brief, page 7).
Rejection (3)
We agree with the examiner that, in view of Gibson's
disclosure of pocket 40 on a baby seat cover, it would have
been obvious to place such a pocket on the compartment 1 of
Miller.
It would scarcely seem to require the citation of a reference
to establish that the provision of a pocket on an item of baby
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