Appeal No. 98-1848
Application 08/500,781
10, 14, and 16 to 20 were canceled by an amendment filed July
14, 1997 (Paper No. 16). Accordingly, only the final
rejection of claims 3 to 5, 7 to 9, 11 to 13, 15, 21, and 22
remains before us for review.2
As a preliminary matter, we note that the subject matter
and issues presented in the instant appeal are similar to
those presented in related Appeal No. 98-1019 in appellant’s
application Serial No. 08/500,782, which related appeal is
decided concurrently herewith.
Appellant’s invention is directed to an applicator for
applying a make-up product. The subject matter before us on
appeal is reproduced in an appendix to the brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of rejections under 35 U. S. C. § 103 are:
Cabot 3,271,807 Sept. 13, 1966
Gueret 4,927,281 May 22, 1990
Guerret 5,020,551 Jun. 4, 1991
Beck et al. (Beck) 5,107,870 Apr. 28, 1992
Dahm 2,082,553 Mar. 10, 1982
(British Patent Document)
2Another amendment filed subsequent to the final
rejection on March 14, 1997 (Paper No. 10) has not been
entered.
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