Appeal No. 2001-0346 Page 2
Application No. 08/887,648
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to fragrance samplers
provided in magazines and the like (specification, p. 2). A
copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the opinion
section of this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bootman et al. (Bootman) 5,391,420 Feb.
21, 1995
Charbonneau 5,419,958 May 30,
1995
Claims 5, 13 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Charbonneau in view of Bootman.
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. 17,
mailed June 18, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 16,
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