Appeal No. 2000-0303 Page 2
Application No. 08/886,649
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a strainer for a
drain assembly (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Stretch 596,763 Jan. 4,
1898
Ficener 838,702 Dec. 18,
1906
Pasman 2,107,126 Feb. 1,
1938
Shobe 2,698,441 Jan. 4,
1955
Claims 17 and 21 to 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Stretch in view of Pasman and
Shobe.
Claims 18 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Stretch in view of Pasman and Shobe as
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