Appeal No. 97-4260 Application 08/445,660 December 1, 1997, 62 F.R. 53132, 53197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 O.G. 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997), claim 18 is rejected under 35 USC § 102(b) as anticipated by Cool.5 Cool discloses a plastic pallet 10 formed from upper and lower plastic sheets, having bosses 20. As discussed previously, these bosses are in a non-symmetrical, non-hinge forming arrangement, and no more than any three adjacent boss centers are collinear. Conclusion The examiner's decision to reject claims 1 to 3, 6 to 11 and 14 to 17 is affirmed. Claim 18 is rejected pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b). In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one or more claims, this decision contains a new ground of 5The expression "not more than three" in the last paragraph of the claim appears to have no antecedent basis in the specification, as required by 37 CFR 1.75(d)(1). Also, the recitation of two pluralities of bosses seems to imply that different bosses are referred to, whereas, as disclosed, these would seem to be the same bosses. 13Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007