Appeal No. 2004-0366 Page 12
Application No. 09/848,044
Since all the limitations of claims 1, 18 and 21 are not disclosed in Zachner for
the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 18 and 21,
and claims 2, 15, 19, 20, 24 and 25 dependent thereon, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Zachner is reversed.
The obviousness rejection based on Ferguson in view of Steenhoudt or Barnes
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1, 2, 7 to 9, 15 to 21, 24 and 25 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ferguson in view of Steenhoudt or Barnes.
Ferguson's invention relates to a sign that is particularly adapted to be mounted
upon a wire fence. Referring to Figure 1, there is shown first and second unnumbered
posts for suspending therebetween a plurality of wires A that are disposed horizontally
and essentially parallel with respect to each other. The wires A are shown as being
secured to the posts by a fastener, which is not described or mentioned in the written
specification. Ferguson teaches that an advertising sign B is secured to the wires A by
a wire or ribbon C, which passes through two perforations b that are disposed at the
opposite edges of the sign B. The sign B is secured to the horizontal wires A by
wrapping the ends of each ribbon C about its wire A. As the ribbon C passes through
the perforations b, it is bent, as indicated at d, so that when the bent d is turned into the
Page: Previous 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007