Appeal No. 2003-0117
Application 09/747,077
replaceable sole member has two surface regions with different
coefficients of friction; 2) a pair of wedge-soled bowling shoes
wherein one shoe is a slide shoe and the other is a traction shoe
dependent upon appropriate selection of suitable replaceable sole
members having appropriate coefficient of friction regions; 3) a
replaceable sole member for a wedge-soled bowling shoe; and 4) a
method of providing different relative percentages of slide and
traction to each shoe of a pair of wedge-soled bowling shoes.
Claims 1, 11, 13, 16, 18, 24 and 26 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal, and a copy of those claims can be found
in the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the claims on appeal are:
McCord (‘661) 3,027,661 Apr. 3, 1962
Einstein, Jr. (Einstein) 3,538,628 Nov. 10, 1970
Dilg 4,279,083 Jul. 21, 1981
Taylor 4,716,664 Jan. 5, 1988
Famolare 5,542,198 Aug. 6, 1996
Claims 8, 9, 11, 12 and 17 through 27 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 which appellant regards as the invention.
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