Appeal No. 1998-1775
Application 08/249,611
The appellant’s invention relates to a forearm and wrist
support. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the
appendix to the appellant’s brief.
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Nash 5,265,835 Nov. 30, 1993
Thomsen 5,335,888 Aug. 9, 1994
(filed Jul. 27,
1992)
Martin et al. 5,340,067 Aug. 23, 1994
(Martin) (filed Mar. 27,
1992)
The rejections
Claims 1, 3 and 5 through 8 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Nash in view of Martin.
Claims 2, 9 through 15, 18 and 19 stand rejected under
2
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