Appeal No. 2005-1496
Application 09/994,439
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a shoe constructed using a
vulcanization process” (specification, page 1). Representative
claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A shoe comprising
a molded rubber outsole;
a molded midsole disposed within said outsole, said midsole
being contoured to approximate the shape of the sole of a
wearer's foot;
an upper; and
a foxing, said foxing being fused to said upper and said
outsole along an interface there between by application of a
vulcanization process permanently securing together said upper
and said outsole.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Campagna 2,481,389 Sep. 06, 1949
Taber 3,932,950 Jan. 20, 1976
Giese et al. 5,572,805 Nov. 12, 1996
(Giese)
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