Appeal No. 2003-1439
Application No. 09/896,112
including the withers, the loin, the back, and the croup. (Column
4, lines 15-24). It would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art at the time the invention was made to position
the ice pockets to rest adjacent the rhomboids, latissimus dorsi,
longissimus dorsi, intercostal, sarratus and thoracis muscles.
As for claim 6, both Buckley (column 5, lines 25-38) and De
Rosa (column 2, lines 50-61) teach the use of a hook and loop
fastener. It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
the art to choose the hook and loop fastener for ease of
attachment of the device.
As for claim 7, De Rosa teaches making the garment out of
fabric (column 2, line 21). It would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art to choose a fabric to replace the
unnecessarily complex rubber tubing enclosing garment of Buckley
with the fabric of De Rosa to enable the user to utilize the ice
packs of De Rosa in a less bulky garment (column 1, lines 33-34).
As for claim 9, De Rosa teaches that it is known to sew ice
bags into a garment (Column 1, lines 49-50). Accordingly, it
would have been an obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at
the time the invention was made, to sew the ice pockets into the
main panel.
As for claim 12, Buckley discloses a main panel 19 sized to
fit over a horse’s back and sides, having side sections extending
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