Appeal No. 2001-0467
Application No. 29/100,490
faces run continuously from the circumferential seams defining
the ends of the stalk to the end flanges of the end caps. As
such, Simpson would not have suggested provision of curved
outer faces on the Decursu design extending from locations
removed from the circumferential seams as in appellant's
design. In our view, the examiner has improperly compared the
visual impressions of selected, separate features of the prior
art designs, rather than the visual impressions of the designs
as a whole in arriving at a conclusion of obviousness. It
follows then that we cannot sustain the examiner's rejection.
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