Appeal No. 1998-2851 Page 3 Application No. 08/756,901 BACKGROUND The appellant's invention relates to an illuminated toy pail. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 10, which appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Williams 691,036 Jan. 14, 1902 Newcomb et al. 4,563,726 Jan. 7, 1986 (Newcomb) Hickey 4,714,985 Dec. 22, 1987 Gary 4,962,907 Oct. 16, 1990 Claims 10, 12 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hickey in view of Williams, Newcomb and Gary. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-notedPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007