Appeal No. 1998-1608 Page 2
Application No. 08/429,926
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an anklet for a foot
orthosis. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 8, which appear in
the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Incorvaia 4,401,113 Aug.
30, 1983
Hicks 5,372,576 Dec. 13,
1994
Claims 1 and 4 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hicks in view of Incorvaia.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
5, mailed January 15, 1997) and the answer (Paper No. 11,
mailed December 8, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 10,
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