Appeal No. 2000-1457 Page 2
Application No. 08/739,888
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a shower curtain
rod. 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:
Goché 2,778,030 Jan. 22,
1957
Glutting, Sr. 3,107,361 Oct. 22,
1963
Perrotta 5,103,531 Apr. 14,
1992
Claims 1 to 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Perrotta in view of Goché and
Glutting, Sr.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 18,
mailed July 14, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 17,
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