Appeal No. 2002-1764 Page 2
Application No. 09/359,752
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a sporting rod member using a solid rod
(specification, page 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants’ brief.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Cosby Re 16,118 Jul. 21, 1925
Hogarth 3,974,012 Aug. 10, 1976
Kusumoto 5,427,373 Jun. 27, 1995
Okada 5,968,621 Oct. 19, 1999
(filed Aug. 11, 1997)
Herber 5,865,684 Feb. 02, 1999
(filed May 01, 1997)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Okada in view of Herber and Cosby.
Claims 4-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Okada in view of Herber, Cosby, Kusumoto and Hogarth.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 9 and 14 ) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections and to the brief and reply brief (Paper Nos. 13 and 16) for the
appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007