Appeal No. 96-3446
Application 08/327,147
6. A tubular seamless stocking knitted on a circular knitting machine with reciprocating
cylinders, said stocking comprising a main tubular portion, a toe pocket portion attached to one end of
the main tubular portion, and a foot opening collar comprising a tubular collar attached to the border of
the main tubular portion and to the edge of the toe pocket portion, wherein said foot opening collar is
adapted to provide an opening having sufficient size and stretchability to permit the entire foot of the
wearer to pass through the opening thereby allowing the wearer to wear the stocking alternatively in a
footed or footless manner.
The prior art applied in the final rejection is:
Bounous et al. (Bounous) 3,905,212 Sept. 16, 1975
Bédier 4,445,345 May 1, 1984
Wormser 5,067,179 Nov. 26, 1991
The admitted prior art in the declarations under 37 CFR § 1.132 of Leslie Roy Score and Delphine
Del Bello Spencer, filed on August 16, 1993 in parent application 08/106,807, of which the instant
application is a file wrapper continuation under 37 CFR § 1.62 (APA).
The appealed claims stand finally rejected on the following grounds:
(1) Claims 1 and 6, anticipated by Bounous, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b);
(2) Claims 1, 3 and 6, unpatentable over Bounous, under 35 U.S.C. § 103;
(3) Claims 2, 4 and 7, unpatentable over Bounous in view of Bédier, under 35 U.S.C. § 103;
(4) Claims 5 and 8, unpatentable over Bounous in view of Bédier and Wormser, under 35 U.S.C. §
103;
(5) Claims 1 to 8, unpatentable over the APA in view of Bounous, under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Rejection (1)
"To anticipate a claim, a prior art reference must disclose every limitation of the claimed
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