Ex parte SAUNDERS et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2000-1905                                                         
          Design Application 29/095,094                                                
               Appellants appeal from the final rejection of the claim                 
          in this design patent application to:                                        
                    The ornamental design for an oil filter wrench as                  
               shown and described.                                                    
               The design is reproduced below.                                         

















                                      PRIOR ART                                        
               No prior art is relied upon by the Examiner in the                      
          rejection of the claim on appeal.                                            
                                    THE REJECTION                                      
               The claim stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. 171 as being                  
          directed to non-statutory subject matter because it is said to               
          lack ornamentality.  The rejection (Paper No. 2, pp. 2-3) is                 
          form paragraph 15.08 from the Manual of Patent Examining                     
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