Appeal No. 2004-0367
Application No. 09/733,359
but which because of its location on the dorsal surface of a
user's arm frees the volar side of any hard material, which would
interfere with everyday uses of the hand, and thus frees the
volar side so that the wearer is permitted to use their fingers
for everyday activities such as writing, typing, driving and
grasping. Independent claims 1 and 11 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be found
in Appendix A, filed by appellant by FAX on June 16, 2003.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Klotz 5,358,471 Oct. 25, 1994
Cherubini 5,415,623 May 16, 1995
Varn 5,637,078 Jun. 10, 1997
Claims 1 through 4 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Varn.
Claims 6, 7, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Varn in view of Klotz.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Varn in view of Cherubini.
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