Appeal No. 98-1049
Application 08/493,463
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 18 and 19. Claims 1 through 12
and 14 through 17, which are the only other claims remaining
in the application, stand allowed. Claim 13 has been can-
celed.
Appellant’s invention relates to a picnic caddy for
storing and transporting articles commonly used at a picnic,
or at other outdoor or indoor activities. A copy of independ-
ent claims 18 and 19, as reproduced from Appendix A of appel-
lant’s brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Steely et al. (Steely) 2,897,910 Aug. 4, 1959
Karoff 2,926,794 Mar. 1, 1960
Claims 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Karoff in view of Steely.
According to the examiner
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