Appeal No. 98-2357
Application 08/772,336
rejection of claims 8, 9 and 11. Claim 10, the only other
claim present in the application, as been indicated as being
allowable subject to the requirement that it be rewritten to
include all the subject matter of the claim from which it
depends.
We REVERSE.
The appellant's invention pertains to a leash for a
bodyboard the nature of which is readily apparent from a
perusal of claim 8. Claim 8 reads as follows:
8. A leash for a bodyboard, comprising:
a first coil having a plurality of loops each
adjacent to each other and forming a cylinder having
an inner diameter; and
a flexible strap that is coupled to said first
coil and which has a width and a flexibility such
that said coil can be reversed by pulling said strap
through said inner diameter of said coil while said
coil is in a relaxed position.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Cook 3,003,018 Oct.
3, 1961
Staude et al. (Staude) 4,037,442 Jul. 26,
1977
Tugwood et al. (Tugwood) 4,479,785 Oct. 30,
1984
Claims 8 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
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