Appeal No. 2000-0206 Page 9
Application No. 08/699,328
left in the R61-36 sign provides the unrelated traffic
information that a car in the left lane must either turn left or
go straight.
The limitation of claim 16 that the secondary traffic symbol
is "at least one of a sign shape or object used solely for a
regulatory or warning traffic sign" and the limitation of claim 6
that "the pictograph is an object used solely for a regulatory or
warning traffic sign" are, in our view, readable on both the R67
sign and the R61-36 sign. Examples of suitable objects given by
the appellant (specification, page 5) include a bicycle, a car, a
bump, a letter, a number, and an arrow head. Since both the R67
sign and the R61-36 sign include a secondary traffic symbol, as
pointed out above, being a pictograph of an arrow having an arrow
head, the secondary traffic symbol in both the R67 sign and the
R61-36 sign is an object used solely for a regulatory or warning
traffic sign.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims
5, 6, 11 to 13, 15 and 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed and a
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