Ex parte BUSSIERE - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 98-1196                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/457,045                                                                                                                 


                 1 through 22, all of the claims pending in the application.                                                                            
                          We reverse.                                                                                                                   




                          The invention relates to "a correction fluid dispenser of                                                                     
                 the pencil or pen type as is generally employed for correcting                                                                         
                 typewriter or other printed errors" (specification, page 1).                                                                           
                 A copy of the appealed claims appears in the appendix to the                                                                           
                 appellant's brief (Paper No. 7).                                                                                                       
                          The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of                                                                     
                 obviousness are:                                                                                                                       
                          Grund                               1,485,181                                    Feb. 26, 1924                                
                          Balme                               461,361                                      Dec. 27, 1913                                
                 French Patent (French Patent '361)2                                                                                                    
                          Bunoust                             964,045                                      Jul. 31, 1950                                
                          French Patent (French Patent '045)3                                                                                           
                          Claims 1 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                                                                      


                          2An English language translation of this reference,                                                                           
                 prepared by the Patent and Trademark Office, is appended                                                                               
                 hereto.                                                                                                                                

                          3An English language translation of this reference is                                                                         
                 appended to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 7).                                                                                       
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