Appeal No. 1999-2461
Application No. 08/818,695
indentations into the foam. The indentations are in the form
of three series of parallel lines angularly offset at 60E from
one another. The claimed invention may be further understood
with reference to the appealed claims appended to appellants'
brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Dusina, Jr. et al. 2,946,713 Jul.
26, 1960
(Dusina)
Weisman 3,244,571 Apr. 5,
1966
Rohn 4,105,738 Aug.
8, 1978
Legg et al. 5,066,531 Nov. 19,
1991
(Legg)
REJECTION
Claims 1, 2, 4 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Rohn.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Rohn in view of Weisman or Dusina and
further in view of Legg. For the full details of the
examiner's findings of fact and conclusions of law with
respect to the above noted rejections, reference is made to
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