Appeal No. 96-1881
Application No. 08/095,476
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a shoe sole. Claims 37
and 40 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a
copy of those claims, as they appear in the appendix to the
appellant's brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Reed 2,677,906 May
11, 1954
Casey et al. (Casey) 4,049,854
Sep. 20, 1977
Rudy (Rudy '945) 4,219,945
Sep. 2, 1980
Rudy (Rudy '250) 4,287,250
Sep. 1, 1981
Vermeulen 4,999,931
Mar. 19, 1991
Bolla 2,050,145 Jan.
7, 1981
(United Kingdom)
Claims 37 through 39, 45, 46 and 48 stand rejected under
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