Appeal No. 1998-3296 Page 3
Application No. 08/681,857
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a bath chair. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 8, 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:
Raeder 3,364,504 Jan. 23,
1968
Harmony, III 4,074,370 Feb. 21, 1978
Stevens Des. 330,461 Oct. 27, 1992
Eder 4,113,105 2 Oct. 29,
1992
(Germany)
The claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
on the following grounds:
(1) Claims 5 through 8, 11 and 12 as being unpatentable over
Raeder in view of Harmony;
2In determining the teachings of Eder, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellant's convenience.
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