Appeal No. 1996-1561 Page 2
Application No. 08/230,075
flexible tube which supplies water to fill the bowl. The
claims on appeal have been reproduced in an appendix to the
Brief.
THE APPLIED REFERENCES
Baird 928,237 Jul. 20,
1909
Preston 3,744,064 Jul. 10,
1973
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Preston in view of Baird.1
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the rejection, we make reference to the
1In the final rejection (Paper No. 9), claims 1-8 were
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Preston in view of Farrar, and claims 1-7 as being
unpatentable over Preston in view of Baird. In the Answer,
the former rejection was withdrawn, and claim 8 was added to
the latter one.
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