Appeal No. 1998-2356
Application 08/373,860
Appellant's invention relates to a lighter than air balloon containing a lighting device.
Independent claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim, as
reproduced from the Appendix to appellant’s brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims
are:
Martin 2,619,303 Nov. 25, 1952
Mack 3,546,944 Dec. 15, 1970
Moran 3,745,677 July 17, 1973
Goddard 3,839,631 Oct. 1, 1974
Rosenblatt et al. (Rosenblatt) 4,262,529 Apr. 21, 1981
Stockton 4,810,223 Mar. 7, 1989
Claims 1 through 4, 7 and 9 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Goddard in view of Stockton.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Goddard in view of
Stockton as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Mack and Rosenblatt.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Goddard in view of
Stockton as applied to claims 1 and 4 above, and further in view of Moran.
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