Appeal No. 2007-0382
Reexamination 90/007,172
8. According to the Patent Owner, appealed claim 1 “recite[s] an insole
having a flexible inner compressible structure and a flexible outer
coating forming a continuous layer that substantially covers the inner
compressible structure.” (Appeal Brief at page 3.)
9. A dictionary definition of the term “continuous” includes:
“[u]ninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent” or “[o]f or
relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.”
(Evidence Appendix attached to the Appeal Brief.)
10. Cole describes a slippage-resistant sandal (i.e., a footwear) comprising
an insole 12 supported by an outsole 14, wherein the insole 12/outsole
14 combination anchors a long main strap 16, a short forward strap
18, and a heel strap 20. (Col. 2, lines 54-58.)
11. Cole’s Fig. 1 is reproduced below:
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