Appeal No. 1999-0930
Application 08/410,931
Appellant’s invention pertains to a system for applying
fluid cosmetic material, to an eyeliner applicator system, and
to a cosmetic material applicator for use with a container
holding a body of fluid cosmetic material. An understanding
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claims 1, 7, and 12, copies of which appear in the Appendix to
the main brief (Paper No. 29).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Bell 566,558 Aug. 25,
1896
Buehrer 1,542,333 Jun. 16, 1925
Kitamura et al. 4,764,046 Aug. 16, 1988
(Kitamura)
Gueret 4,841,996 Jun. 27, 1989
Yokosuka et al. 4,913,175 Apr. 3, 1990
(Yokosuka)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, and 12 through 16 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Gueret in view of Buehrer, Bell, and Kitamura.
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