Appeal No. 2000-1789 Page 2
Application No. 08/699,572
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates generally to blanks formed of cardboard or
similar carton stock material that can be assembled readily into packages and
containers for various goods (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth 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:
Kaplan 2,072,371 March 2, 1937
Giacovas 3,306,521 Feb. 28, 1967
Sogi 3,620,435 Nov. 16, 1971
Claims 1, 4 to 7 and 9 to 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kaplan in view of Giacovas.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Kaplan in view of Giacovas and Sogi.
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, mailed November 23, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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