Appeal No. 1999-0702 Page 2
Application No. 08/858,564
The appellant's invention relates to a disposable body
warmer for use in footwear (specification, p. 1). A copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth 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:
Mitchell 3,802,951 April 9,
1974
Valenta 3,828,792 Aug. 13,
1974
Haley 4,434,565 March 6,
1984
Shiraki et al. 4,628,072 Dec.
9, 1986
(Shiraki)
Schroer, Jr. et al. 5,282,326 Feb.
1, 1994
(Schroer)
Sinclair-Day et al. 5,470,893 Nov.
28, 1995
(Sinclair-Day)
Kiyohara 1 JP 5-176951 2 July 20, 1993
1The examiner and the appellant have referred to this
reference by the inventor's first name, Takashi.
2In determining the teachings of Kiyohara, we will rely
on the translation provided by the USPTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellant's convenience.
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