Appeal No. 2002-1778 Page 2
Application No. 09/285,078
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a holder for a wrist corsage and
improvements in the attachment of a flower corsage to a wrist corsage holder
(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:
Kaber 2,242,975 May 20, 1941
Gallagher 3,949,568 Apr. 13, 1976
Moore 5,553,326 Sep. 10, 1996
Jacks GB 625,705 July 1, 1949
Claims 1, 6, 7 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Jacks in view of Gallagher.
Claims 2 to 5 and 8 to 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Jacks in view of Gallagher as applied to claims 1 and 7 above, and
further in view of Kaber and Moore.1
1 In the answer (pp. 3 & 6-7), the examiner withdrew the rejection of claims 1, 7 and 12 under
35 U.S.C. § 112 that was advanced in the final rejection. Additionally, while the answer specifically includes
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