Appeal Number: 2006-1684
Application Number: 10/341,038
are on the dorsal side of the limb. Rubberband members are
provided to allow finger flexion exercises.
The references of record relied upon by the Examiner as
evidence of anticipation and obviousness are:
Hall 494,197 Mar. 28, 1893
Varn 6,120,471 Sep. 19, 2000
Holland et al. (Holland) 6,547,752 Apr. 15, 2003
Claims 1-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. section 102 as
anticipated by Varn.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. section 103 as
unpatentable over Varn in view of Holland. Claims 9-17 and
19-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. section 103 as unpatentable
over Varn in view of Hall.
Claim 18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. section 103 as
unpatentable over Varn in view of Hall and Holland.
For details of these rejections a reference is made to the
Examiner’s answer. For details of the Appellant’s arguments
with respect to the rejections reference is made to the brief
and reply brief.
GROUPING OF CLAIMS
Appellant chooses to group the claims into two groups for
purposes of this appeal. See brief at 3. According to the
brief, claims 1-10 are considered one group and will stand or
fall with claim 1, and claims 11-20 constitute a second group to
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