Appeal No. 2002-0022 Page 6 Application No. 09/161,071 Since the claimed cleat having a substantially hemispherical chamber or a hemispherical chamber is not taught or suggested by the applied prior art for the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 39 to 50 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 39 to 50 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. REVERSED HARRISON E. McCANDLISH ) Senior Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007