Appeal No. 2004-1992
Application No. 10/223,982
concedes that the bow of Ramirez does not include at least one
die cut piece comprising a spine and at least one design artifact
extending from the spine. To make up for this deficiency, the
examiner turns to Ruff.
Ruff, in pertinent part, is directed to a decorative garland
(see Figures 1 and 2) comprising an elongated base ribbon 11 and
a plurality of fully annealed metal wires 18, 19 spirally wrapped
around the base ribbon. The elongated base ribbon includes a
plurality of spaced apart decorative members 12 extending
generally perpendicular from the longitudinal axis of the ribbon.
Extending from the decorative members are a plurality of fingers
13 having decorations or symbols 16. As explained at column 2,
lines 27-32, because the wires are fully annealed, the garland
may be twisted and formed into any particular position and the
garland will stay in that position without springing back.
In rejecting claims 1, 3-34 and 36-39 as being unpatentable
over Ramirez in view of Ruff, the examiner maintains that it
would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art in
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