Appeal No. 2001-1482
Application No. 08/879,392
air space (19) between one or more diamonds or other jewelry stones (17 or 61) and
the supporting jewelry article is achieved. As noted, for example, in the paragraph
bridging pages 4 and 5 of the specification, the above noted mounting arrangement
makes the stone (17) appear to be “floating” within the window defined by border (15)
and produces the illusion that stone (17) is larger than its actual size. A copy of
representative independent claims 18, 19 and 20 on appeal can be found in the
Appendix to appellant’s supplemental brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Hexter 1,056,414 Mar. 18, 1913
Suderov 1,276,132 Aug. 20, 1918
Itzkowitz 5,649,434 Jul. 22, 1997
Boucher (British Patent 121,899 Jan. 9, 1919
Specification)
Van Cleef et al. (Van Cleef) 432,074 Jul. 19, 1935
(British Patent Specification)
Claims 2 through 5, 13 and 18 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Hexter.
Claims 2 through 4, 13 and 18 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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