Appeal No. 1998-1029
Application 08/361,590
a) claims 17 and 19-21, unpatentable over Bunin;
b) claims 17 and 19-22, unpatentable over “Sauer in view
of Exline and vice versa” (answer, page 4); and
c) claims 17 and 19-22, unpatentable over Owens.
The rejections are explained in the final rejection
(Paper No. 8, mailed August 6, 1996) and the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 16, mailed June 24, 1997).
The opposing viewpoints of appellants are set forth in
the brief (Paper No. 15, filed March 11, 1997).
The § 103 rejection based on Bunin
Independent claim 17 is directed to a method of providing
an amusement toy comprising, inter alia, providing a toy head
of an elastically deformable material having a mouth allowing
at least two fingers to be inserted into the mouth, applying a
force to the mouth to deform it from an undeformed width to a
deformed width that is at least 50% greater than the
undeformed width, and removing the force from the mouth, such
that the mouth automatically returns to substantially its
undeformed width.
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