Appeal No. 1999-0266 Page 3
Application No. 08/290,678
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a support and
utility belt. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9, 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:
Welsand 1,600,027 Sep. 14,
1926
Creper 2,185,834 Jan. 2,
1940
Schrieber 3,052,236 Sep.
4, 1962
Taigen 4,964,401 Oct. 23,
1990
The appealed claims stand finally rejected on the
following grounds:
(1) Claims 3, 7, 9 to 11, 13 and 18 to 20 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Taigen in view of Creper or
Schrieber; and
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