Appeal No. 2002-2307
Application No. 29/105,570
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Guthrie 1,959,915 May 22, 1934
Lin 5,485,227 Jan. 16, 1996
Shelton Des. 373,782 Sep. 17, 1996
The following rejection is before us for review.
The design claim stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Shelton in view of Guthrie and Lin.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the office action
dated October 6, 2000 and the answer (Paper Nos. 10 and 15),
while the complete statement of appellant's argument can be found
in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 14 and 16).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue raised
in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
appellant's specification, design claim, and drawing figures, the
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