Appeal No. 2000-0583
Application No. 08/955,984
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a balloon. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced in the opinion
section of this decision, and claim 14, which appears in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Levy 4,490,421 Dec. 25, 1984
The following rejections are before us for review.2
Claims 1-5, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Levy.
Claims 27-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Levy.
Reference is made to the brief and reply brief (Paper
Nos. 15 and 18) and the final rejection and answer (Paper Nos.
10 and 17) for the respective positions of the appellants and
the examiner with regard to the merits of these rejections.
The examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claim 29 under 35 U.S.C.2
§ 112, first paragraph (see Paper No. 14).
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