Appeal Number: 2006-2531
Application Number: 09/910,641
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims a fashion wear item comprising a
flexible pad for attachment to a body part, and claims a method
for using the pad to decorate a body part. Claim 21 is
illustrative:
21. A novelty fashion wear item, comprising:
a flexible pad having an upper surface and a lower
surface with a non-slip texture;
said pad being sufficiently flexible to conform to a
contoured surface area of a body part;
said pad having its entire upper surface coated with
an adhesive material for removably securing said pad to
said contoured surface area of a body part to facilitate
decorating said contoured surface area; and
said pad having its lower surface provided with
indicia to decorate said contoured surface area.
THE REFERENCES
Yonkers 3,985,383 Oct. 12, 1976
Lee 6,613,382 Sep. 2, 2003
(filed Dec. 22, 2000)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 21-23, 29
and 32 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Yonkers, and
claim 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Yonkers in view
of Lee.
OPINION
We affirm the aforementioned rejections.
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