Appeal No. 2000-2054 Page 2
Application No. 08/661,593
The appellants' invention relates to a frame for a game
racquet, and more particularly, to a frame which is formed by
filament winding (specification, p. 1). A copy of claim 1 is
reproduced in the opinion section below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Cecka 4,114,880 Sep. 19,
1978
Viellard EP 0 470 896 A2 1 Feb. 12, 1992
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Viellard in view of Cecka.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
17, mailed July 7, 1999) and the answer (Paper No. 20, mailed
1In determining the teachings of Viellard, we will rely
on the translation provided by the USPTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellants' convenience. We
note that the translation has misspelled the inventor's last
name.
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