Ex Parte Miller - Page 6




             Appeal No. 2003-1760                                                                               
             Application No. 29/159,145                                                                         

             to be, much less provides evidence or a persuasive explanation with respect to why the             
             differences would be regarded as de minimis.  Moreover, the rejection fails to show why            
             a designer of articles of the type claimed would consider differences in surface details           
             minor or unimportant in the context of the overall appearance of such an article.                  
                   We therefore sustain neither of the rejections applied against the claim.                    




























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