Appeal No. 2000-0534 Page 3
Application No. 08/929,543
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a device for
rebounding a ball to practice a ball sport, such as tennis,
baseball, cricket, and the like (specification, p. 1). A copy
of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Epply 3,456,945 July 22,
1969
Steen 4,703,931 Nov. 3,
1987
Tomczak 4,852,889 Aug. 1,
1989
Reference made of record by this panel of the Board is:
Ball 5,054,791 Oct.
8, 1991
Claims 1 to 5, 7, 8 and 20 to 23 stand rejected under
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