Appeal No. 2000-0305 Page 2
Application No. 08/887,453
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to protective casings
for articles (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Alwitt 5,101,974 April 7,
1992
Andersen 5,320,261 June 14,
1994
De Putter et al. EP 0 577 582 A1 Jan. 05, 1994
(De Putter)
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1, 2, 8, 9, 11 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Andersen.
(2) Claims 1, 6 to 9, 11 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Alwitt.
(3) Claims 3, 6 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Andersen in view of Alwitt.
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