Appeal No. 98-0430
Application 08/688,141
hand tools that work material by pounding. One such art is
the pestle art.
The patent to Maris (U.S. Patent No. 278,575, issued May 29,
1883), a copy of which is attached to this opinion, is exem-
plary.
In summary, this panel of the board has:
reversed the rejection of claims 9 through 12 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Walker in view of
Schnase; and
reversed the rejection of claims 9 through 12 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Posey.
Additionally, we have remanded the application to
the examiner for consideration of arts addressing hand tools
that work material by pounding.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
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