Appeal No. 98-1922 Page 3
Application No. 08/253,721
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a furniture slide.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 16, which appears in the opinion
section below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ewell 3,169,652 Feb. 16,
1965
Maeda 60-218204 2 Oct. 31, 1985
(Japan)
Claims 10 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Maeda.
Claims 2-4, 6-9, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Maeda.
2In determining the teachings of Maeda, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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