Appeal No. 1999-2365
Application 08/569,999
Rejections (2) to (12)
None of these rejections will be sustained, since
the additional references applied therein do not supply the
above-noted deficiencies in the combination of Bushman and
Prandina.
New Grounds of Rejection
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we enter the
following new grounds of rejection:
(A) Claims 1, 2, 4, 28, 29 and 31 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as anticipated by Thier. This reference discloses a
sleeping bag including an outer bag 14 and an inner bag 16,
both of thermally insulating material 28, 30, and having inner
and outer walls of nylon (col. 3, line 36), which would be a
weather resistant material. The bags are of a "selected
geometric shape," as broadly recited in claims 1 and 31. As
shown in Fig. 3A, each bag 14, 16 has fasteners 34 projecting
from its upper and lower surfaces, the male portions 36 being
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