Appeal No. 1999-0627 Page 3
Application No. 08/688,991
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a hand-held utensil
comprising a tool head and an elongated handle. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Nunn et al. (Nunn) GB 2,274,615 Aug. 3, 1994
(British document)
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Nunn.
2. Claims 4 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Nunn.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 9) and the
final rejection (Paper No. 6) and answer (Paper No. 10) for
the respective positions of the appellants and the examiner
with regard to the merits of these rejections.
OPINION
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