Appeal No. 2002-1250 Page 2
Application No. 09/200,057
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method of heading a soccer ball. 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:
Ryan 3,341,201 Sep. 12, 1967
Mitchell 4,462,590 July 31, 1984
Romero 4,698,852 Oct. 13, 1987
Ashinoff 4,947,488 Aug. 14, 1990
Rife et al. (Rife) 5,111,366 May 5, 1992
Horn 5,718,245 Feb. 17, 1998
In addition to the prior art references set forth above, the examiner also relied
upon the following non-prior art reference in rejecting the appealed claims:
Mech Site - Table of Coefficient Of Friction Values (Feb. 22, 2001)
Claims 1, 3, 4, 6 to 9, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not described in the specification in
such a way as to enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is
most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention.1
1 It appears that dependent claims 3, 4 and 6 to 9 were intended to be included in this rejection.
See page 3, line 14, of the February 27, 2001 Office action.
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