Appeal No. 96-3355
Application 08/004,024
With respect to independent claims 1, 10 and 15, the
answer incorporates the rejection from the final rejection [Paper
# 8]. The examiner asserts that flanges 52 and 54 shown in
figure 3 of Regalbuto are part of the charge casing. It is
apparently the examiner’s view that these flanges are inserted
into the openings of Regalbuto’s strip and twisted to be secured
therein. Appellant argues that the flanges 52 and 54 are not
part of the charge case 60, but rather, are part of the loading
strip and, therefore, are not inserted into the openings of the
strip [brief, pages 7-8].
Appellant is clearly correct on this point. Figure 3 of
Regalbuto is a cross-sectional view of figure 1 taken along
line 3-3 of figure 1. Figure 1 shows both the charge cases and
the loading strip and the manner in which the charge cases are
attached to the strip. Regalbuto clearly discloses that
flanges 52 and 54 extend from opposite sides of strip portion 50
[column 3, lines 32-34]. Thus, the flanges 52 and 54 clearly are
not part of the charge case 60. This being the case, the
examiner’s view that these flanges are inserted into the loading
strip and twisted is clearly erroneous. In fact, there is no
disclosure anywhere in Regalbuto that the charge cases are
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