Appeal No. 2000-0244
Application No. 29/069,936
design are depicted in Figures 1 through 25 of the appellant’s
drawings, with Figures 14 through 19 being representative.
The references applied by the examiner are:
Guillerm Des. 314,688 Feb. 19,
1991
Eke et al. (Eke) Des. 356,494 Mar. 21,
1995
Grothoff 5,615,806 Apr. 01,
1997
The design claim stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Guillerm in view of Grothoff and Eke.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and responses
to the arguments presented by the appellant appears in the
answer (Paper No. 10), while the complete statement of the
appellant’s arguments can be found in the main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos.
9 and 11 respectively).
OPINION
We begin our analysis by pointing out that the standard
for evaluating the patentability of a design is whether it
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