Appeal No. 2000-2008
Application No. 09/227,903
which are reproduced in the appendix of appellant's brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Bonfigli 4,017,984 Apr. 19,
1977
Stanfield 5,897,323 Apr.
27, 1999
Claims 1 to 11 stand finally rejected on the following
grounds:
(1) Anticipated by Bonfigli, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b);
(2) Obviousness-type double patenting, over claims 1, 3 and 4
of the Stanfield patent.
Rejection (1) - Anticipation
First considering this rejection with regard to the
recitations of claim 1, the examiner finds that Bonfigli
discloses apparatus for teaching, inter alia, how to tie a
bow, having a plate 12 with first shoe markings, second shoe
markings representing a loop (Fig. 3), a shoelace mount
consisting of flaps 14, 16 (which have holes 34), and a hold-
down consisting of tab 46, which is spaced from the shoelace
mount.
In order to anticipate a claim, a prior art reference
must disclose every limitation of the claimed invention,
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