Appeal No. 2001-1772 Page 2
Application No. 09/059,699
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a razor cartridge. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the
appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Booth 4,170,821 Oct. 16, 1979
Ferraro 5,666,729 Sep. 16, 1997
Claims 1-14, 17-22 and 24-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Ferraro.
Claim 16 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Ferraro in view of Booth.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 21) and the final rejection (Paper No. 17) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the Brief (Paper No. 20) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 23)
for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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