Appeal No. 97-4293
Application No. 08/138,396
and 42, which constitute all of the claims remaining of record
in the application.
The appellants’ invention is directed to an apparatus and
method for monitoring contact pressure between body parts and
contact surfaces. The subject matter before us on appeal is
illustrated by reference to claims 1 and 27, which have been
reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Fraser et al. (Fraser) 4,649,934 Mar. 17,
1987
Bourland et al. (Bourland) 4,827,763 May 9,
1989
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3-5, 9-11, 14-16, 18 and 22-26 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Bourland in
view of Fraser.
Claims 27-29, 41 and 42 stand rejected under the
judicially created doctrine of double patenting.
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