Appeal No. 97-2224
Application 08/510,613
quickly and effortlessly mounting a fuel filter to the fuel
system of a vehicle” (specification, page 1). Copies of the
appealed claims appear in the appendix to the appellant’s
brief (Paper No. 6).
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Tinnerman 2,423,627 Jul. 8,
1947
Mowatt 3,047,648 Jul. 31, 1962
Shelton et al. (Shelton) 3,227,406 Jan. 4,
1966
Conrad 4,650,144 Mar. 17, 1987
Ward 5,016,843 May 21,
1991
Twork, Sr. et al. (Twork) 5,121,894 Jun. 16, 1992
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as follows:
a) claims 1 and 6 through 11 as being unpatentable over
Twork in view of Conrad and Mowatt;
b) claim 2 as being unpatentable over Twork in view of
Conrad, Mowatt and Shelton;
c) claim 3 as being unpatentable over Twork in view of
Conrad, Mowatt, Shelton and Tinnerman;
d) claim 5 as being unpatentable over Twork in view of
Conrad, Mowatt and Ward;
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