Appeal No. 98-1193
Application No. 08/448,687
considering the teachings of Walker, which the examiner cited
with regard to the use of “T” shaped symbols.
For the reasons set forth above, we conclude that the
combined teachings of the three applied references fail to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness with regard to the
subject matter recited in claim 1, and we therefore will not
sustain the rejection of claim 1 or, it follows, of claims 2-
14 and 90, which depend therefrom.
Independent claim 74 sets forth the invention in somewhat
different terms than did claim 1. However, it also includes
the two sets of marks located along the opposite edges of the
strap, with the periodic marks of one set being at intervals
different than that of the other set. The rejection of this
claim fails
for the same reasons as were set out above with regard to
claim 1 et al., and we therefore will not sustain the
rejection of claims 74-89.
SUMMARY
The rejection is not sustained.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
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