Ex parte KREISEDER et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1999-0953                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/576,618                                                                                                             

                          Appellants’ invention pertains to “product dispensers,                                                                        
                 and more particularly, to a dispensing cover for [a] dispenser                                                                         
                 for a cream or gel deodorant product in which the product is                                                                           
                 advanced within a sleeve to such a dispensing cover”                                                                                   
                 (specification, page 1).  A further understanding of the                                                                               
                 invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,                                                                          
                 which is reproduced in the appendix to appellants’ brief.                                                                              
                          The references of record relied upon by the examiner as                                                                       
                 evidence of obviousness are:                                                                                                           
                 Clark                                                 1,017,957                           Feb. 20, 1912                                
                 Jakubowski                                            2,917,765                           Dec. 22, 1959                                
                 Laauwe                                                4,230,240                           Oct. 28, 1980                                
                 Lathrop et al. (Lathrop)                                       5,073,057                           Dec. 17,                            
                 1991                                                                                                                                   
                 Bihler  (French)1                                          1,441,112                           Apr. 25, 1966                                
                 Murphy (EP)                                           0 100 204                           Feb.  8, 1984                                
                          Claims 1-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                                                     
                 unpatentable over Murphy in view of Laauwe, Lathrop, Bihler,                                                                           
                 Jakubowski and Clark.                                                                                                                  




                          1Our understanding of this French language document is                                                                        
                 derived from a translation prepared in the Patent and                                                                                  
                 Trademark Office.  A copy of the translation is included as an                                                                         
                 attachment to this decision.                                                                                                           
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