Appeal No. 1999-0945
Application 08/786,665
reconfigured by wrapping or molding it by hand about an
article of a different shape. A copy of claims 3, 4, 11 and
12 can be found in the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner
in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Jarvis et al. (Jarvis) 5,515,975 May 14,
1996
(filed Jan. 19,
1994)
Claims 3, 4, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Jarvis.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
regarding the rejection, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 9, mailed January 6, 1998) and the
examiner's answer (Paper No. 14, mailed November 16, 1998) for
the reasoning in support of the rejection, and to appellant’s
brief (Paper No. 13, filed July 7, 1998) for the arguments
thereagainst.
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