Appeal No. 2006-0158
Application No. 10/668,832
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Ledman et al. (Ledman) 4,194,629 Mar. 25, 1980
Kough 5,568,695 Oct. 29, 1996
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to a method of
creating an expression of a positive feeling. The method entails
placing a note that expresses the positive feeling on a package.
The note includes a request that the package remain unopened but
is filled with a positive feeling. Claim 5 defines a container
having such a message thereon.
Appealed claims 1-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Ledman in view Kough.
Appellant does not present an argument that is reasonably
specific to any particular claim on appeal. Accordingly, all the
appealed claims stand or fall together with claim 1. In re
McDaniel, 293 F.3d 1379, 1383, 63 USPQ2d 1462, 1465 (Fed. Cir.
2002).
We have thoroughly reviewed each of appellant’s
arguments for patentability. However, we find ourselves in
complete agreement with the examiner’s reasoned analysis and
application of the prior art, as well as his cogent and thorough
disposition of the arguments raised by appellant. Accordingly,
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