Appeal No. 97-2807
Application 08/233,216
Appellant's invention relates to a ski which is designed "to
remain closer [to] the surface of soft snow when skiing downhill
such that it will float, and plane, to allow foot steering"
(specification, page 1). Claim 26 is representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim may be found in
the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Guild 3,926,451 Dec. 16, 1975
Sarver 4,007,946 Feb. 15, 1977
Bortoli 4,264,087 Apr. 28, 1981
Johnston et al. (Johnston) 4,343,485 Aug. 10, 1982
Claim 26 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Johnston in view of Sarver.
Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Johnston in view of Sarver as applied to claim
26 above, and further in view of Guild.
Claims 28, 29 and 32 through 35 stand rejected under § 103
as being unpatentable over Johnston, Sarver and Guild as applied
above to claim 27, and further in view of Bortoli.
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