Appeal No. 2004-1129
Application No. 09/755,513
1. A snowboard comprising:
a running length having opposite ends, two sides
and a sidewall extending along at least a portion of
one of the two sides of the running length, the
running length having an area for mounting a first
snowboard binding and a second snowboard binding;
a nose located at one end of the running length;
and
a tail locate at other end of the running length,
the nose and tail each having a transition end near
the running length and a tip opposite the transition
end, at least one of the nose and tail having a
continuously increasing flexibility along a
substantial length of the at least one of the nose and
tail from the transition end toward the tip, wherein
the increasing flexibility is not exclusively the
result of a change in width of the at least one of
nose and tail.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Vance 5,871,224 Feb. 16, 1999
Olson 5,921,564 Jul. 12, 1999
Zanco et al. (Zanco) 6,113,126 Sep. 05, 2000
Lines 27-29 of page 1 of the Instant Application, which is part
of the “Background” portion of the Instant Application.
Claims 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18-20, 22, 23, 25, and
27-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Zanco in view of lines 27-29 of page 1 of appellants’
specification (herein after referred to appellants’ admitted
prior art, APA).
Claims 4 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Zanco in view of APA.
Claims 11, 24, and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Zanco in view of APA and further in
view of Vance.
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