Appeal No. 1997-1436 Page 3
Application No. 08/419,174
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to the combination of a
stuffed doll and an audio device. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 13,
which appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hall Vandis 4,710,145 Dec. 1,
1987
Koguchi et al. (Koguchi) 4,913,676 Apr.
3, 1990
Stone 5,059,149 Oct. 22,
1991
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hall Vandis in view of Koguchi.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hall Vandis in view of Koguchi as applied to
claim 13, and further in view of Stone.
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