Appeal No. 97-3187
Application No. 07/999,422
around the edge, the trim filament and the wire filament,
thereby securing the wire filament to the edge.
This comparison also reveals that pending claim 2 recites
the step of passing a binding filament through the ribbon
proximate the edge which claim 7 from U.S. Patent No.
4,901,661 does not recite.
It is our opinion that it would have been obvious to one
of ordinary skill in the art to pass the binding filament of
claim 7 from U.S. Patent No. 4,901,661 through the ribbon
proximate the edge in order to reduce the amount of binding
filament needed to secure the wire filament to the edge.
Pending claim 5
A comparison of pending claim 5 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; and (2)
stitching the wire filament to the edge using at least two
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