Appeal No. 1999-1534 Page 4
Application No. 08/799,210
5, mailed March 6, 1998) and the examiner's answer (Paper No.
13, mailed January 19, 1999) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the appellant's
brief (Paper No. 12, filed November 5, 1998) for the
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
Claim 1
We sustain the rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
Claim 1 reads as follows:
A spoke nipple comprising a body of substantially
undeformable metallic material with a head and a shank
which have an at least partially threaded axial hole for
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