Interference No. 104,158
(Japanese Laid Open Application)
The following findings represent the scope and
content of the prior art cited by Althaus as providing a prima
facie case of obviousness. All three references are in the 5
field of wet
shaving razors with elongate handles topped with a
transversely extending blade-carrying head or cartridge. The
handle is used to drag the blade-carrying head over the skin
to cut body hair thereon.
The U.K. document to Kirk discloses a razor with a
head 1 that can pivot about two perpendicular axes. One axis,
designated as YY, is parallel with the cutting edge and is
conventional. Page 1, lines 11-33. Another axis is a rocking
axis that extends transversely of the length of the head for
rocking motion so that the ends of the head can move relative
to one another. Id. at 59-67.
Turning to the structure of Kirk’s disclosed razor,
the razor handle 2 is provided with an integral plate-like
5The three references are of record as Althaus
exhibits 1-3.
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