Appeal No. 2004-0314
Application No. 09/965,496
THE REFERENCE
Wewetzer 2,461,711 Feb. 15, 1949
THE REJECTION
Claims 4-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Wewetzer.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejection. We need to address
only claim 4, which is the sole independent claim.
Wewetzer discloses a cosmetics compact made partly or
entirely of plastic (col. 1, lines 1-4). The sole point of
dispute between the appellant and the examiner is whether the
cover of Wewetzer’s compact is removable.
Wewetzer discloses that 1) “[t]o assemble the cover hinge
parts, the pintle [rounded bar 28] is slid endwise within the
channels of the plug [32] prior to fitting of the latter within
the base; when assembled, and the plug is secured in its final
position, the base side walls then extend over the ends of the
bars whereby to prevent any endwise movement between the cover
and its hinge plug” (col. 3, lines 26-34), and 2) the parts are
“secured together by heat and pressure, by an adhesive, or by any
method as now commonly employed” (col. 3, lines 56-59).
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