Appeal No. 2001-0595
Application No. 09/079,293
conveying an intercessory prayer pledge and to a soft
sculpture which is utilized in performing the method.
Independent claims 1 and 6 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal, and a copy of those claims can be found in
the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Stevens 4,795,397 Jan. 3,
1989
Friedel '201 5,324,201 Jun. 28,
1994
Callahan 5,607,337 Mar. 4,
1997
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite, because the examiner finds a
lack of antecedent basis for the "said signatures" set forth
in the last two clauses of the claim. In addition, the
examiner also now urges (answer, page 4) that there is no
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