Appeal No. 2005-0117 Page 2
Application No. 09/860,423
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to the field of protective coverings, and, more
particularly to a protective cover for lengths of material such as ropes, tethers, lanyards,
etc. of the type that are likely to be subjected to continuous abrasion and/or exposure to
undesirable environmental conditions or chemicals (specification, p. 1). A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Kite, III et al. (Kite) 4,891,256 Jan. 2, 1990
Holt et al. (Holt) 5,070,597 Dec. 10, 1991
Andrieu et al. (Andrieu) 5,300,337 Apr. 5, 1994
Holland et al. (Holland) 5,395,682 Mar. 7, 1995
The rejections set forth in the final rejection are as follows:
1. Claims 1 to 9, 14 to 22 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Andrieu in view of Holland.
2. Claims 10 to 12 and 23 to 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Andrieu in view of Holland (herein referred to as modified Andrieu),
as applied to claims 1 and 14 above, further in view of Kite.
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