Appeal No. 98-3303
Application 08/568,211
7 through 11, 13 through 15, and 21 were finally rejected,
claim 21 is the only rejected claim on appeal. Claims 16
through 20, the only other claims pending in the application,
stand withdrawn pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.142(b) as being
based upon a nonelected species.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a manually-actuated
spray pump for dispensing fluid. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of claim 21, a copy of
which appears in the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 12).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Collins 1,814,504 Jul. 14, 1931
Montaner et al. 5,025,958 Jun. 25, 1991
(Montaner)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claim 21 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Collins in view of Montaner.
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