Appeal No. 2001-0193 Page 2
Application No. 09/182,138
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a convertible sign mechanism. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which
appears in the appendix to the Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Pessina et al. (Pessina) 4,075,896 Feb. 28, 1978
Ahlgren 4,189,859 Feb. 26, 1980
Claims 1-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Ahlgren in view of Pessina.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 12) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the Brief
(Paper No. 10) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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