Appeal No. 1999-1064 Page 2
Application No. 08/654,766
The appellants’ invention is directed to an ink follower
for a ballpoint pen. The claims on appeal have been reproduced
in an appendix to the Appellants’ Brief.
THE APPLIED REFERENCES
Urquhart 3,334,616 Aug. 8,
1967
Case et al. (Case) 4,671,691 Jun. 9,
1987
Shiraishi 5,348,989 Sep.
20, 1994
(filed Mar. 24, 1993)
British Patent Application 798,897 Jul. 30,
1958
Canadian Patent 646,258 Aug. 7,
1962
Japanese Publication 49-30035 Mar. 19,
1974
THE REJECTION
Claims 8-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the British reference in view of the Canadian
reference, Urquhart, the Japanese reference, Case and
Shiraishi.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the rejections and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellants
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