Appeal No. 2005-0211 10
Application No. 10/264,717
The claim at issue requires that the plurality of indicia, i.e. accessories, be made of
a washable fabric or plastic.
The examiner took Official notice in his final rejection that it is known to manufacture
doll components from washable material for easy cleaning.
This is not disputed by appellant.
Furthermore, we note that Sisler (column 2, lines 61-67) suggests that doll
accessories may be made of any material such as “flannel”, in particular.
Flannel is a well known washable fabric.
For the foregoing reasons, an artisan in this field would have been expected to
ordinarily choose a washable fabric as the material for manufacturing doll accessories.
Appellant does not argue otherwise.
Rejection (9)
This rejection, based upon Natiw and Price, is affirmed. Natiw has been discussed
above. Price shows a hand puppet made of a material to which indicia can be attached to
parts of the body using a “Velcro” type fastening system.
Appellant argues that there is a lack of motivation to combine the two references
where one (Natiw) provides for relatively permanent attachment of indicia, whereas the
other (Price) provides for more easily removable attachment.
Appellant’s argument is unpersuasive since we agree with the examiner that
motivation for the combination can be found in Price’s suggestion of using a “Velcro” type
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