Appeal No. 98-1199
Application 08/380,112
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the anticipation issue
before us, this panel of the board has carefully assessed
appellant’s specification and claim 29, the patent to Lemke,
and the viewpoints of appellant and the examiner,
respectively. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determination which follows.
We reverse the rejection of claim 29.
As disclosed by appellant (specification, pages 5 and 6),
the diameter of the cutting point for a self-tapping screw,
the shank diameter, and the thread diameters can be adjusted
to allow an opening between the hole in the deck and the shank
of the screw to allow passage of limited amounts of water and
air. Self-tapping screws are called piercing screws, owing to
the fact that they do not usually require pre-drilled holes
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