Appeal No. 2000-1871 Page 11
Application No. 08/907,398
plurality of parallel seams 22 as shown in Figure 5 defining a
plurality of pockets made by stitching the inside fabric
surface 14 and outside fabric surface 12 together with padding
material 23 therebetween, it is our determination that the
claimed spine stiffening panel recited in claims 1 to 9 and 20
to 22 is not readable on any of the structure of Moor's spine
16.
Since all the limitations of claims 1 to 9 and 20 to 22
are not suggested by the applied prior art for the reasons set
forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1
to 9 and 20 to 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
Claim 10
We sustain the rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
Claim 10 reads as follows:
A binder cover comprising:
(a) a front cover stiffening member;
(b) a rear cover stiffening member spaced apart from
and oriented parallel to said front cover stiffening
member; and
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