Appeal No. 1998-0210
Application No. 08/149,193
Claim 138 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
unpatentable over Jordan, Jr. 19
This claim is drawn to a removable golf shoe cleat, for
use in a golf shoe having a sole, with the sole having a
plurality of sole attachment means for attachment of removable
cleats, the cleat comprising, inter alia, (a) a flange having
a lower surface that distributes weight of a wearer of the
cleat over turf being walked on; (b) flange attachment means
for removably attaching the cleat to one of the sole
attachment means; and (c) a plurality of protrusions on the 20
lower surface of the flange, the flange distributing said
weight over the turf being walked on while the protrusions
provide traction against the turf, wherein the protrusions
19The Jordan, Jr. teaching of no bristle penetration
(column 2, lines 51 through 53) appears to us to rebut
appellants’ assertion that “Only applicants/appellants
realized that one could achieve traction without damaging
penetration.” (main brief, page 25).
20The word “protrusions” does not appear in appellants’
specification. We understand the singular form of this term to
broadly denote something that protrudes, i.e., projects,
sticks out, or juts out from a surrounding surface. Webster’s
New Collegiate Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam Company,
Springfield, Massachusetts, 1979.
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