Ex Parte SPECK - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2002-0357                                                        
          Application 09/433,988                                                      

          (specification, page 1).  Representative claim 1 reads as                   
          follows:                                                                    
               1. A hanging baseball equipment bag comprising:                        
               an elongated bag having a length, a top end and a bottom               
          end, a front, a back, a left side and a right side, said                    
          elongated bag forming a non-rigid and flexible enclosure;                   
               a fence clip for vertically hanging said elongated bag from            
          a chain link fence;                                                         
               a substantially planar interior shelf positioned between               
          said top and bottom ends within said elongated bag, said interior           
          shelf is substantially horizontal when said elongated bag                   
          vertically hangs from said fence clip in a substantially vertical           
          position;                                                                   
               an interior rear panel attached to the interior of said                
          elongated bag and oriented substantially parallel to said back,             
          said interior rear panel dividing said elongated bag into a front           
          compartment and a rear compartment, said front compartment                  
          divided into an upper front compartment and a lower front                   
          compartment by said interior shelf,                                         
               wherein said front compartment is located between said front           
          and said interior rear panel and said rear compartment is located           
          between said back and said interior rear panel;                             
               first means for accessing said rear compartment in said top            
          end; and                                                                    
               means for substantially fully exposing said upper front                
          compartment from a frontal view of said elongated bag.                      
                                    THE EVIDENCE                                      
               The items relied on by the examiner to support the final               
          rejection are:                                                              
          Plough et al. (Plough)         4,301,898         Nov. 24, 1981              
          Gerch (Gerch ‘748)             4,805,748         Feb. 21, 1989              
          Gerch et al. (Gerch ‘154)      4,830,154         May  16, 1989              
          Shyr et al. (Shyr)             5,042,664         Aug. 27, 1991              



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