Appeal No. 2000-1612
Application 08/938,844
relates to a removable support platform for a chair’s
armrest on which a mouse and its pad may be placed. To
attached [sic] the platform to the armrest, the platform
extension oriented parallel to the armrest has one or two
spaced straps that can encircle the chairs arm and be
fixed thereon. The strap or straps each may have hook
and loop (VELCO TM) ends or the like. Screws or other
strap retainers extend into the strap through the
platform’s extension member to fix the members together.
Independent claim 7 is representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of that claim, as it appears in
the Appendix to appellant’s brief, is attached to this
decision.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Thompson et al. (Thompson) 5,474,272 Dec. 12,
1995
Bourassa 5,848,773 Dec.
15, 1998
(filed Apr. 17,
1997)
Claim 7 is said by the examiner to stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by or, in the alternative,
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