Appeal No. 2002-1643 Page 2
Application No. 09/140,700
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to dispensers and containers for cleaning
materials, particularly for wipers for use in cleaning surfaces, and to methods of using
such wipers (specification, p. 2). A substantially correct copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.1
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Julius 4,185,754 Jan. 29, 1980
Murphy 4,570,820 Feb. 18, 1986
Jacobson 4,783,129 Nov. 8, 1988
Landis, II et al. (Landis) 5,467,893 Nov. 21, 1995
Palumbo et al. (Palumbo) 5,938,013 Aug. 17, 1999
Claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 13, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Julius in view of Palumbo.
Claim 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Julius in view of Palumbo as applied to claim 7, and further in view of Landis.
1 In claims 1, 7 and 13, the phrase "naphtha and aromatic hydrocarbons" should read --naphtha,
aromatic hydrocarbons--.
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