Appeal No. 2000-1479 Page 2
Application No. 08/915,355
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an assembly for
splitting open contents-filled garbage bags, an assembly for
splitting open cans and bottles-filled garbage bags, an
assembly for splitting open yard waste-filled garbage bags,
and a method for splitting open contents-filled garbage bags.
A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix
to the appellant's brief. 1
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Davis 3,606,058 Sep. 20,
1971
Roman 5,267,823 Dec. 7,
1993
Claims 1 to 3, 5 to 9, 14 to 19 and 23 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Roman.
1In claim 5, it appears to us that the word "rearward"
should be "forward" for consistency with the specification (p.
5, lines 27-30) and claims 15 and 18.
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