Appeal No. 1999-0218
Application 08/691,889
(B) means for visually indicating the
approximate time in words.
We note these claims do not require that every indicated
time be approximate; it is only necessary that at least one
time be approximate. Dependent claim 6, for example,
specifies that the indicated time is "correct to the minute
only on integral multiples of 15 minutes."
C. The prior art and ground of rejection
The only reference relied on in the rejections is the
following U.S. patent:
Beguin 3,911,668 Oct. 14, 1975
The final rejection states (at 1) that claims 1, 2, and
4-7 are rejected under § 102 for anticipation by Beguin and
that claims 3 and 8-19 are rejected under § 103 for
obviousness over Beguin in view of allegedly known prior art.
We therefore assume that the Answer is incorrect to indicate
(at 3-4) that § 102 rejection applies to claims 1, 2, 4, and 5
and the § 103 rejection applies to claims 3 and 6-15.
D. New ground of rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
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