Appeal No. 2004-0366 Page 2
Application No. 09/848,044
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to signs and support structures for suspending
a plurality of signs. In one embodiment of the appellants' invention, the invention
relates to suspending a plurality of signs which are disposed adjacent to corresponding
parking places of a parking lot (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal
is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Ferguson et al. (Ferguson) 580,682 Apr. 13, 1897
Mudd 831,973 Sept. 25, 1906
Barnes 2,364,419 Dec. 5, 1944
Steenhoudt 3,508,741 Apr. 28, 1970
Luikkonen 5,355,603 Oct. 18, 1994
Meuse GB 878,550 Oct. 4, 1961
Zachner CH 389,0041 June 30, 1965
Claims 20, 22 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph,
as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject
matter which the appellants regard as the invention.
1 In determining the teachings of Zachner, we will rely on the translation provided by the USPTO.
A copy of the translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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