Ex parte STURM et al. - Page 15




          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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