Appeal No. 1997-0011
Application No. 08/162,508
b) a fastener having means for securing said fastener to a surface;
and
c) means directly attached to said fragrance containing patch and
means attached to said fastener providing releasable interlocking
surfaces which engage upon pressing together said interlocking
surfaces of said patch and said fastener and release upon pulling
said surfaces apart.
The references of record relied on by the examiner are:
Greenawalt 4,694,590 Sep. 22, 1987
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Guillet Fr 1,445,904 Oct. 21, 1966
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
Greenawalt in view of Guillet.
We cannot sustain the stated rejection.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a deodorizer comprising a fragrance
containing pouch and a fastener having means, e.g., a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, for
securing the fastener to a surface, e.g., the interior surface of a shoe. Attached to the
fragrance containing pouch and to the fastener are releasable interlocking means such as a
Velcro hook/loop construction combination. An advantage of the claimed deodorizer is that
after the fragrance of the patch is depleted, the used patch may be detached and replaced
with a fresh fragrance containing patch. It is significant to note that appellants' invention,
although called a "deodorizer", is limited to the deodorizing through the use of perfume,
1Our reliance on Guillet is based on an attached English translation.
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