Appeal No. 1999-1168 Page 2
Application No. 08/876,191
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a socket wrench having a detachable handle.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 19,
which appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Nickipuck (Nickipuck ‘511) 4,480,511 Nov. 6, 1984
Sharp et al. (Sharp) 4,748,874 Jun. 7, 1988
Nickipuck (Nickipuck ‘405) 4,768,405 Sep. 6, 1988
Nickipuck (Nickipuck ‘549) 4,905,549 Mar. 6, 1990
Nickipuck (Nickipuck ‘107) 4,938,107 Jul. 3, 1990
Claims 13-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Sharp in view of Nickipuck ‘511, Nickipuck ‘405, Nickipuck ‘549, or Nickipuck ‘107.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 22) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the Brief
(Paper No. 21) 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, the applied prior art references, the respective
positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner, and the guidance provided by our
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