Appeal No. 1998-0234 Application No. 08,406,752 As seen best in Figure 1 of the application, appellant's invention relates to a deflectable, illuminated advertising display assembly for placement so as to extend from a mounting site, comprising a shelf location, generally perpendicularly into a shopping aisle when in its neutral position. The invention also addresses a method of advertising products (i.e., point-of-purchase advertising) utilizing a deflectable, illuminated sign-carrying display assembly like that generally described above. Independent claims 1, 28, 29, 30, 38, 42, 43, 44, 49, 54 and 56 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims may be found in the Appendix to appellant's brief (Paper No. 19). The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Slavsky 3,041,760 Jul. 3, 1962 Boggess et al. 4,805,331 Feb. 21, 1989 (Boggess) Kornelson 4,924,363 May 8, 1990 Potter DE 497,867 Apr. 24, 1930 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007