Appeal No. 1999-0614 Page 2
Application No. 08/804,410
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an apparatus for
converting the appearance of an existing chain link fence into
the appearance of a wood planked fence. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim
7, which appears in the opinion section of this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Nugent et al. (Nugent) 3,913,889 Oct. 21, 1975
Veenstra 4,582,284 Apr. 15, 1986
Vise 5,556,080 Sep. 17,
1996
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 7 and 2 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Vise in view of Nugent.
2. Claims 7, 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Nugent in view of Veenstra.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 7) and
supplemental brief (Paper No. 9) and the final rejection
(Paper No. 5) and answer (Paper No. 10) for the respective
positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the
merits of these rejections.
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