Appeal No. 2002-0363
Application No. 08/162,373
portions extending up the sole side at least to the height of a lowest point of the sole
inner surface of the same shoe sole side, as viewed in the shoe sole frontal plane
during an upright, unloaded shoe condition.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the final rejection are:
Holcombe, Jr. (Holcombe) 3,964,181 Jun. 22, 1976
Bergmans 4,455,767 Jun. 26, 1984
Robinson 4,934,073 Jun. 19, 1990
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 93, 103, 122-124 and 126-141 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not described in the specification in
such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the appellant,
at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Claims 93, 103, 122-124 and 126-141 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly
claim the subject matter the appellant regards as the invention.
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