Appeal No. 96-3830
Application 08/173,065
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 2,
a copy of which follows.
2. A repair patch for worn or damaged garment pockets,
comprising a pocket-like member to be installed in a pocket
having an exterior, an interior, and a lowermost portion, said
patch having exterior surfaces and corresponding substantially
in size and configuration to the lowermost portion of the pocket
to be repaired, heat sensitive glue applied to the exterior
surfaces of said patch, such glue being adapted to engage the
fabric of the interior of the pocket to which said patch is
applied, such glue serving when activated, to retain said patch
in a selected position within the lowermost portion of the
pocket, said repair patch having at least one interiorly-turned
seam, which seam is reinforced by the glue that had been applied
to the exterior surfaces of the patch.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has relied upon
the references listed below:
Potter 2,295,425 Sep. 8, 1942
Buck 2,436,879 Mar. 2, 1948
Henry 2,685,086 Aug. 3, 1954
Benstock et al. 5,003,902 Apr. 2, 1991
(Benstock)
Isoe et al. 5,156,891 Oct. 20, 1992
(Isoe)
Hutchinson WO 93/00023 Jan. 7, 1993
(published PCT application)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 2 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Buck in view of Potter, Benstock, and
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