Appeal No. 2005-1953 Page 5
Application No. 09/765,533
and 58 located at the points of intersection of the first lines and second lines are
4
markers.
While the points identified by Appellant may be identified as markers, this does
5
not entirely address the issue presented by the Examiner in the rejection of claim 23.
The Examiner questioned the support for the subject matter as a whole appearing in
claim 23. Specifically, the Examiner found that there is no descriptive support for the
intersecting lines define rectangles wherein the plurality of rectangles are separated
into six non-overlapping sets of four quadrants defining a unit area on opposing
sides of said second center line wherein each set of four quadrants has a center point,
much less a combination of such rectangles and a plurality of markers.
4See Appellant’s response filed August 19, 2002, attached to the Brief as exhibit C.
5Claim 23 is reproduced below:
23. A yoga m at, comprising:
a mat comprised of a flat structure having an upper surface, a lower surface and
a longitudinal axis;
a first center line positioned upon said upper surface of said mat;
a second center line positioned upon said upper surface of said mat
parallel to said longitudinal axis and orthogonal with respect to said first center
line; wherein said second center line intersects said first center line;
a plurality of first lines parallel to said first center line;
a plurality of second lines parallel to said second center line;
wherein said first center line, said second center line, said plurality of first lines and said
plurality of second lines provide a plurality of rectangles upon said mat, wherein said
plurality of rectangles are separated into six non-overlapping sets of four quadrants
defining a unit area on opposing sides of said second center line wherein each set of said
four quadrants has a center point; and
a plurality of markers wherein a single marker is located on selected intersections
of said plurality of second lines with said first line and at each said center point of each set
of four quadrants.
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007