Appeal No. 1999-2765 Page 2 Application No. 08/752,396 We AFFIRM. BACKGROUND The appellants' invention relates to a toy building. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Hunts 5,647,181 July 15, 1997 (filed Oct. 11, 1994) Heilig 2 AT 133,178 Dec. 15, 1932 Claims 1 to 3, 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hunts in view of Heilig. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted 2In determining the teachings of Heilig, we will rely on the translation provided by the USPTO. A copy of the translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007