Appeal No. 2003-0221
Application 09/670,929
Appellant’s invention relates to a container for holding and
storing rolls of wrapping paper (claim 1) and a method of storing
and holding individual rolls of wrapping paper (claim 12).
Independent claims 1 and 12 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of those claims, as reproduced from
the Appendix to appellant’s brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Schuster 4,941,624 July 17, 1990
Teasdale 4,969,595 Nov. 13, 1990
Marquez et al. (Marquez) 6,123,197 Sep. 26, 2000
Claims 1 through 3 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Teasdale.
Claims 1 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Schuster.
Claim 4 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Teasdale in view of Official Notice.
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