Appeal No. 1999-1529 Page 9
Application No. 08/366,985
Additionally, the appellant argues that Scott does not teach
or suggest the recited "mixing means."
We agree with the appellant that Scott does not teach or
suggest a resin cartridge or mixing means as set forth in
claim 1. In our view, Scott does not teach or suggest the use
of resin as the anchor material. Likewise, Scott does not4
teach or suggest the claimed "mixing means" since Scott does
not teach mixing resin in a resin cartridge with the ends of
his cable 16 and Scott does not disclose a mixing means
positioned about the cable 16. In addition, we have reviewed5
the references to Harding and Yokota but find nothing therein
which makes up for the deficiencies of Scott discussed above.
4While Scott does suggest the use of material other than
cement as the anchor material, Scott does not specifically
suggest the use of resin as the anchor material.
5Scott's reinforcing bar (see Figure 7) is not considered
by us to be an equivalent of the claimed "mixing means" since
the spiral portion thereof is not positioned about the cable.
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