Appeal No. 2001-1076 Page 8
Application No. 09/231,677
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 1 to 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
reversed.
CONCLUSION
4(...continued)
where a nail cannot effectively be driven into the hoof when
the horseshoe is nailed to the hoof. In that regard, while
Figure 2 of Coleman shows two rivets e closer to the tips of
the horseshoe than the location of the nail holes a, it is our
opinion that if a rivet can be driven through the layers
forming the horseshoe then that location is a location where a
nail can effectively be driven into the hoof when the
horseshoe is nailed to the hoof.
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