Appeal No. 1998-2173
Application No. 08/829,620
view, top view, right side view, left side view, front end
view,
back end view and bottom view in Figures 1 through 7 respec-
tively, with Figure 1 being the most representative when
evaluating the examiner’s rejection.1
The references applied by the examiner are:
Bird 1,153,418 Sep.
14, 1915
Olsen 2,009,812 Jul. 30,
1935
The design claim stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Bird in view of Olsen.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and the
responses to the arguments presented by appellants appear in
the final rejection (Paper No. 16, mailed July 30, 1997) and
the answer (Paper No. 19, mailed March 19, 1998), while the
Figures 2 through 8, as originally filed on September 22, 1994, have1
been renumbered as Figures 1 through 7, respectively, and the figure
originally numbered Figure 1 has been canceled (see Paper No. 6). All
references in this decision to appellants’ drawings refer to the drawings as
amended by Paper No. 6.
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