Appeal No. 2002-1288 Page 2
Application No. 09/570,759
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to guitar accessories (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:
White 5,219,075 June 15, 1993
Pirchio et al. (Pirchio) 5,375,497 Dec. 27, 1994
Hoshino 5,497,689 Mar. 12, 1996
Garrison 5,986,193 Nov. 16, 1999
Claims 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Garrison in view of Hoshino.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Garrison in view of Hoshino and White.
Claims 8, 9, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Garrison in view of Hoshino, White and Pirchio.
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007