Appeal No. 2005-0211 2
Application No. 10/264,717
1. A teaching aid comprised of:
a body member having a proximal lateral side, a distal lateral side, a top side, a
bottom side, a back side, and a front side, wherein the front side comprises a pair of eyes;
an arm member disposed on the proximal lateral side or the distal lateral side of the
body member;
a leg member disposed on the bottom side of the body member; and
a plurality of indicia removably attachable to the body, arm, and leg members by
means of indicia fastening means.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner are:
Oswald 175,475 Aug. 30, 1955
Maiden-Nesset 4,637,798 Jan. 20, 1987
Natiw 4,681,555 July. 21, 1987
Price 4,808,139 Feb. 28, 1989
Van Meter 5,096,453 Mar. 17, 1992
Sisler 6,280,283 Aug. 28, 2001
Holt 6,350,169 Feb. 26, 2002
The following eleven rejections are before us for review:
1. Claims 5-6, 11-12, 19-22 and -26-27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, for alleged indefiniteness.
2. Claims 1-3, 8-12 and 15-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by Sisler.
3. Claims 1-4, 18, 24 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Natiw.
4. Claims 5-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious from Sisler in view
of Holt.
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