Appeal No. 1998-3413
Application No. 08/512,782
Appellant’s invention relates to a method for making
decorative containers, and more specifically to a method of
constructing flower pots that have distinctly different
decorative elements associated with the rim of the flower pot
or both the rim of the flower pot and the rim of a water tray
associated therewith. A copy of representative claims 1, 3,
7, 11, 13, 18 and 37 on appeal, as reproduced from the
Appendix to appellant’s brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Allen 340,027 Apr. 13,
1886
Coleman Jr. (Coleman) 2,785,508 Mar. 19,
1957
Blake 4,880,130 Nov. 14,
1989
Claims 3 through 7 and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Coleman.
Claims 1, 2 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Coleman.
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