Appeal No. 1998-1240
Application 08/198,443
c) claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Puste in view of Henrich;
d) claim 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Puste in view of Bardin and Tompkins;
e) claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Puste in view of Woodruff;
f) claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Puste in view of Mosgoffian; and
g) claims 1 through 11 and 13 through 26 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hirsch in view of Zaruba,
Wetzel, Johnson, Puste, Anglin, Bardin, Mosgoffian and
Henrich.
Reference is made to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 10 and 12) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 11) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.
Puste discloses a fabric cover for a toilet tank. The
cover 13 includes portions 16, 17 and 18 for respectively
overlying the front, side and bottom walls of the tank 11, a
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