Appeal No. 2001-0154
Application No. 08/838,266
The appellant’s invention is a bracket system capable of
selectively supporting a curtain rod and a mini-blind. An
understanding of the appealed subject matter can be derived
form a reading of exemplary claims 1, which appears in the
appendix to the appellant’s brief.
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bellinger 4,226,395 Oct. 07,
1980
Corcoran 5,505,418 Apr. 09, 1996
The rejections
Claims 1 through 6, and 9 through 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being clearly anticipated by Corcoran.
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
being unpatentable over Corcoran in view of Bellinger.
Claims 16 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
being unpatentable over Corcoran.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
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