Ex parte BIERLY - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 2000-0487                                                                                     Page 2                        
                 Application No. 08/856,228                                                                                                             


                                                                   BACKGROUND                                                                           
                          The appellant's invention relates to a display carton and                                                                     
                 a slide-out tray.  A copy of the claims under appeal is set                                                                            
                 forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.                                                                                        


                          The prior art references of record (the applied prior                                                                         
                 art) relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed                                                                             
                 claims are:                                                                                                                            
                 Whiley                                       2,238,545                                             Apr. 15,                            
                 1941                                                                                                                                   
                 Lee                                          2,339,176                                             Jan. 11,                            
                 1944                                                                                                                                   
                 Bekoff                                       2,771,986                                             Nov. 27,                            
                 1956                                                                                                                                   
                 Jones                                        3,070,222                                             Dec. 25,                            
                 1962                                                                                                                                   
                 Chaussadas                                   4,875,586                                             Oct. 24,                            
                 1989                                                                                                                                   
                 D'Arques                            FR 1,492,902             1                            Aug. 25, 1967                                



                          Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                                                       
                 unpatentable over Bekoff.                                                                                                              


                          1In determining the teachings of D'Arques, we will rely                                                                       
                 on the translation provided by the USPTO.  A copy of the                                                                               
                 translation is attached for the appellant's convenience.                                                                               







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