Appeal No. 1999-2243
Application 08/567,081
one of permitting the use of advertisements along with the
casino name and logo disclosed by Pike. We consider that such
an arrangement would have been readily suggested to one of
ordinary skill by Evans' disclosure of the use of change-
able advertising placards 38 on a cart.
Rejection (2) will therefore be sustained as to
claim 13.
Claim 14 reads:
14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said means
includes a plurality of components attached to said cart, said
components comprising means for suggesting to an observer an
object other than a change cart.
With regard to the claimed "plurality of components," the
examiner finds that these are disclosed by Pike because (an-
swer, page 5):
Every component on Pike et al. is capable
of being means of suggesting something that
the object is something other than a change
cart.
For example, the two doors on top of the
cart might suggest to an observer that the
object is an ice cream cart as opposed to a
change cart. Furthermore, the removable
side panels as taught by Evans and Jones et
al. in addition to the logo shown by Pike
et al. would provide a component that may
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