Appeal No. 1997-4213
Application No. 08/359,407
The appellant's invention is directed to a molded plastic
hanger. The claims on appeal have been reproduced in an
appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Fearing 2,109,213 Feb. 22,
1938
O’Brien 4,671,417 Jun. 9,
1987
Brozak 5,439,120 Aug. 8,
1995
(filed May 4, 1993)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over O’Brien in view of Brozak and Fearing.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the rejection, we make reference to the
Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 12) for the reasoning in support
of the rejections, and to the appellant’s Briefs (Paper Nos.
11 and 13), for the arguments in opposition thereto.
OPINION
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