Appeal No. 2000-0004 Page 2
Application No. 08/872,004
The appellant's invention relates to a pet collar adapted to
receive and store a drinking fluid. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hasselquist 2,551,673 May 8, 1951
McBride 3,842,806 Oct. 22, 1974
Harrigan 4,768,688 Sep. 6, 1988
The rejections
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Harrigan.
Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by McBride.
Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over McBride.
Claims 7 through 10 and 12 through 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over McBride in view of
Hasselquist.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
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