Appeal No. 97-3187
Application No. 07/999,422
generic claims as in In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 944, 214
USPQ 761, 767 (CCPA 1982) and In re Schneller, 397 F.2d 350,
354, 158 USPQ 210, 214 (CCPA 1968).
Pending claim 2
A comparison of pending claim 2 and claim 7 from U.S.
Patent No. 4,901,661 reveals that both are directed to a
method of securing a wire along an edge of a fabric ribbon,
comprising the steps of (1) positioning a wire filament
adjacent to and in parallel contact with the edge; (2) folding
the edge of the ribbon around the wire filament, such that at
least some of the circumference of the wire filament is
coextensive with and covered by the ribbon, thereby creating a
sleeve of fabric for engaging the wire filament; and (3)
stitching the wire filament to the edge using at least two
additional filaments, such that the wire filament is in tight
engagement with the edge, said stitching step including, in a
single continuous operation, passing a trim filament at least
partially around the edge and the wire filament, said trim
filament covering substantially all of the wire filament from
view, and passing a binding filament through the ribbon and
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