Ex parte TREVORROW - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-0563                                                          
          Application 07/540,839                                                      



          from the jaw engagement area for disengagement with said                    
          spline on said shaft;                                                       
                    d.  and means for moving said latch from one of said              
          first position and said second position to the other of said                
          first and second position.                                                  





               The references of record relied upon by the examiner in                
          rejections of the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and under                 
          35 U.S.C. § 103 are:                                                        
          Myers                    869,255             Oct. 29, 1907                  
          Beran                    1,006,348           Oct. 17, 1911                  
          Bubb                          1,287,211           Dec. 10, 1918             
          Plungis et al. (Plungis)      2,709,939           Jun.  7, 1955             
               Claim 30 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                   
          being anticipated by Beran.                                                 
               Claims 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as               
          being unpatentable over Plungis in view of Bubb.                            
               Claims 30 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as               
          being unpatentable over Plungis in view of Bubb and Myers.                  
               Rather than reiterate the examiner's statement of the                  
          above rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by                 

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