The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SCOTT JACOBS
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Appeal 2007-2027
Application 10/210,269
Technology Center 3700
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Decided: July 13, 2007
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Before DONALD E. ADAMS, ERIC GRIMES, and RICHARD M.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a
protective athletic cup. The Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious.
We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
“Current athletic cups are sometimes formed from hard thermoplastic
materials of sufficient strength to resist the impact of, for example, a
baseball traveling at high speed” (Specification 1). While conventional
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