Appeal No. 97-4097
Application 08/442,525
This is an appeal from the examiner's refusal to
allow claims 1, 3 through 7, 9 through 13, 15, 16, 21 and 22,
as amended after final rejection. These are the only claims
that remain in the application.
The invention is directed to a turbulence fluid
display device which generates a pleasing continually changing
visual fluid pattern. A further description of the claimed
subject matter can be had by reference to the appealed claims
appended to the appellant's brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner
as evidence of anticipation and obviousness are:
Fleemin 4,490,931 Jan. 1, 1985
Muscat et al. (Muscat) 5,052,714 Oct. 1, 1991
Horiuchi 5,301,444 Apr. 12, 1994
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3, 4 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Fleemin.
Claims 5 through 7, 9, 16, 21 and 22 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Fleemin in view of
Horiuchi.
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