Appeal No. 1999-1991 Page 3
Application No. 08/611,725
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a fan blade
applique. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 10 and 17 (the
independent claims on appeal), which appear in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Reese 3,067,054 Dec. 4,
1962
Meulenberg 4,333,781 June 8,
1982
Carnahan 5,370,721 Dec. 6,
1994
Conklin, Jr. (Conklin) 5,470,205 Nov.
28, 1995
Claims 1, 3, 4, 7 to 10, 14 to 17 and 20 to 23 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Conklin in view of Carnahan.
Claims 5, 12 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Conklin in view of Carnahan as
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