Appeal No. 2006-1474
Application 10/219,095
conventional razor blades” (page 1, lines 20-22) (emphasis added). As an example, the
specification indicates that the size of the “blades may preferably be 1 inch, ½ inch, 3/8
inch, 1/4 inch, 1/8 inch or other small sizes” (page 1, lines 22-23)(emphasis added). The
razor is described as including a handle (10) and an attachment portion (20) that carries a
steel blade or blades (22) of the desired size. The originally filed claims, e.g., claim 1,
defined the invention in the following manner:
A personal styling razor, comprising a handle having a head portion and a
razor blade integrally attached to the head portion, said razor blade having a width
which is less than or equal to one inch.
The claims currently on appeal, of which independent claims 1, 4 and 15 may be
considered representative, differ markedly from those that were originally filed in the
application. Independent claims 1, 4 and 15 read as follows:
1. A personal styling razor for shaving awkward and hard-to-reach body parts,
comprising a handle having a single head portion and at least one razor blade
integrally attached to the head portion, said head portion and razor blade having a
combined width which is less than or equal to three-eighths of an inch, and wherein
said handle has a handle width that is greater than twice as wide as said combined
width.
4. A personal styling razor for shaving awkward and hard-to-reach body parts,
comprising an integrally formed handle and a head portion, a retention mechanism
affixed to an end of the head portion, and a cartridge removably coupled to the head
portion via the retention mechanism, said cartridge including at least one razor blade
integrally formed with the cartridge, wherein the head portion and razor blade have a
combined width which is less than or equal to three-eighths of an inch, and wherein
the cartridge has a width that is less than half a width of the handle.
15. A personal styling razor for shaving awkward and hard-to-reach body
parts, comprising:
an elongated and arcuate handle portion having a grip end and a head
retention end;
a head portion operably attached to the head retention end;
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