Appeal No. 2000-1486 Page 2
Application No. 08/968,871
The appellant's invention relates to an exercise device
for providing buoyancy for deep water exercise. 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:
Homewood 1,128,682 Feb. 16,
1915
Lennon 4,804,326 Feb. 14,
1989
Alston 4,905,991 March 6,
1990
Claims 21 to 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Lennon in view of Alston and Homewood.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 25,
mailed March 10, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 24,
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