Appeal No. 2000-1445
Application No. 09/149,254
horizontally disposed hook and pile fabric strip, and at least
one vertically oriented hook and pile fabric strip angularly
disposed relative to the horizontally disposed hook and pile
fabric strip and secured to enclosure walls inwardly of the
plane of the curtain support rod, whereby the shower curtain
may be turned inwardly for adjustable and temporary
securement. A further understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which
appears in the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 9).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied
the documents listed below:
Stemke et al. 3,365,684 Jan. 23,
1968
(Stemke)
Phinn, Jr. 5,228,149 Jul. 20,
1993
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Phinn, Jr. in view of Stemke.
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