Appeal No. 1998-1431 Page 3
Application No. 08/665,162
The appellants’ invention relates to a bag which has a
sidewall having a support attached thereto. An understanding
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the appellants’
brief.
The references
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Rosenbloom, Jr. et al. 4,290,468 Sep. 22,
1981
(Rosenbloom)
McBride 5,439,109 Aug. 8,
1995
(filed Dec. 28,
1993)
The rejection
Claims 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19 and 20 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
McBride in view of Rosenbloom.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 13, mailed December 15, 1997) for the examiner's complete
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