Appeal No. 1998-0210
Application No. 08/149,193
Appellants’ invention pertains to a removable golf shoe
cleat. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 113, a copy of which appears
in “APPENDIX A” to the main brief (Paper No. 40).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Hyatt et al 39,575 Aug. 18, 1863
(Hyatt)
Zaleski et al 2,491,596 Dec. 20, 1949
(Zaleski)
Jordan, Jr. 3,583,082 Jun. 8, 1971
Studer 493,748 Aug. 20, 1919
(France)2
The following rejections are before us for review.3
2Our understanding of this document is derived from a
reading of a translation thereof prepared in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the translation is
appended to this opinion.
3In paragraph 4. of section (11) of the answer (“Grounds
of Rejection”), the examiner has included an advisory
regarding claims 128 and 129. While the paragraph is labeled
“Double Patenting”, MPEP Section 706.03(k) referenced by the
examiner provides for an objection under 37 CFR 1.75 when
claims are substantial duplicates of one another such as in
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