Appeal No. 2004-1009
Application No. 09/785,382 Page 2
1. A hand held hair blow dryer apparatus
comprising:
a linearly elongated grappling handle aligned along a
base of a lateral centerline of a dryer;
a directional head extending from said handle
along said lateral centerline, said directional head
having an angularly disposed directional nozzle
directed perpendicularly from said lateral centerline;
an air outlet port formed at a center of said
nozzle and circumscribed by a peripheral rim;
said directional head supporting heating coils and
enclosing said blower; and
brush attachment attached about said peripheral
rim covering said air outlet port and attached to said
head by brush attachment means.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Vallis 3,949,765 Apr. 13, 1976
Braulke, III (Braulke) 4,114,022 Sep. 12, 1978
Weiss 4,365,141 Dec. 21, 1982
Scivoletto 4,955,145 Sep. 11, 1990
Barr, Jr. (Barr) 5,485,931 Jan. 23, 1996
Sampson et al. (Sampson)1 6,364,165 Apr. 02, 2002
Claims 1 and 3-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Vallis. Claim 2 stands rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Vallis in view of
Weiss. Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Vallis in view of Scivoletto. Claims 7 and 16
1 Appellants have not challenged the availability of this
reference as prior art under § 102(e) based on the parent
application (09/488,209) filing date of January 19, 2000 and/or
the earlier provisional application (60/116,407) filing date of
January 19, 1999.
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