Appeal No. 2000-1445
Application No. 09/149,254
the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determination which follows.
We reverse the rejection of claim 1.
Claim 1, inter alia, requires at least one
“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 to effect adjustable and temporary
securement of a shower curtain to the walls of a personal
shower enclosure.
We share appellant’s point of view (brief, page 2)
that a “strip,” as claimed, and as described in the
specification and shown in the drawing, would be understood by
one having ordinary skill in the art to denote a long narrow
piece of material.
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been expected to draw from the disclosure. See In re Preda,
401 F.2d 825, 826, 159 USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
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