Appeal No. 98-1242 Page 2
Application No. 08/498,884
claims of record in the application. However, the examiner has
indicated on page 2 of the Answer that claims 9 and 11-15 are
allowable over the art of record. This being the case, only
claims 1-8 and 10 remain on appeal.
The appellant’s invention is directed to a hand and wrist
stabilization device for use under a boxing glove. The claims
on appeal have been reproduced in an appendix to the Brief
(Paper No. 11).
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
rejections that remain are:
Travers 1,706,503 Mar. 26,
1929
Ballard 5,295,269 Mar. 22,
1994
The following rejections presently stand on appeal:
Claims 1-4 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Ballard.
Claims 5, 6 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ballard in view of Travers.
Claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Ballard.
In reaching our decision on the issues raised in this
appeal, we have carefully assessed the claims, the prior art
applied against the claims, and the respective views of the
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