Ex parte GALLEGOS - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-2313                                                          
          Application 29/024,479                                                      


          following design claim. 2                                                   


                    The ornamental design for SIDE, UPPER AND                         
                    SOLE PERIPHERY OF A SPRING SHOE as shown                          
                    and described.                                                    

               As per the amendment filed May 12, 1995 (Paper No. 6),                 
          appellant describes Figures 1 through 3 and Figures 4 through               
          6 as portraying first and second embodiments, respectively,                 
          for the SIDE, UPPER AND SOLE PERIPHERY OF A SPRING SHOE. 3                  

               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     
          Loederer et al           20,967                        Dec. 05,             
          1896                                                                        
          (Loederer)                                                                  
          Miller              2,383,877                     Aug. 28, 1945             
          Sink                     4,241,524                     Dec. 30,             
          1980                                                                        
          Weber               4,566,206                     Jan. 28, 1986             
          Gelli 4             310,571                       Apr. 05, 1989             

               2As originally filed, the claim was for “The ornamental design for Shoe
          With Spring as shown and described”.                                        
               3The drawing figures were originally described by appellant in the     
          specification as showing views of first and second embodiments of a “Shoe With
          Spring”.                                                                    
               4This document was first cited in the answer and applied in a new      
          ground of rejection.  A copy of a translation of this document is appended  
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