Appeal No. 2002-1993 Page 2
Application No. 09/336,648
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a device for selectively positioning one of a
plurality of posters behind a display window. A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references in rejecting the
appealed claims:
Sawyer 889,814 Jun. 2, 1908
Ahlstrom 1,149,317 Aug. 10, 1915
Slotsky 1,749,784 Mar. 11, 1930
Bailey 4,176,483 Dec. 4, 1979
Stadjuhar et al. (Stadjuhar) 4,680,883 Jul . 21, 1987
Trame et al. (Trame) 5,003,717 Apr. 2, 1991
Simson et al. (Simson) 5,410,330 Apr. 25, 1995
Hornung 5,597,994 Jan. 28, 1997
Bolton 16,830 Nov. 7, 1907
(British patent specification)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sawyer in view of Stadjuhar and Hornung.
Claims 2-6 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sawyer in view of Stadjuhar, Hornung and Bolton.
Claims 7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Sawyer in view of Stadjuhar, Hornung, Bolton and Trame.
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