Appeal No. 2002-0101
Application No. 09/384,546
after final was not entered in the prosecution of this
application.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejections on appeal in light
of the arguments of the appellant and the examiner. As a result
of this review, we have reached the determination that claims 1
through 6 and 9 through 14 are prima facie obvious in view of the
applied prior art. Appellant has not rebutted the prima facie
case of obviousness with additional evidence. Therefore, we will
affirm the rejections of claims 1 through 6 and 9 through 14.
However, we do not affirm the 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph
rejection of claims 1 through 6. Our reasons follow.
As an initial matter, we will construe claim 1 on appeal as
the representative claim of the first group of claims. The
claimed subject matter is directed to a target of flat, thin
fabric material whereon a sports goal pattern has been imprinted.
The panel is merely adapted to transmit energy from an underlying
wall when the material is mounted on the wall. The target has a
plurality of hook-and-loop fasteners attached to the back side.
A second plurality of hook-and-loop fasteners are provided to
attach the target to a wall.
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