Appeal No. 1999-1494
Application 08/596,062
example, both Reynolds and Woods disclose cable ties which
appear to meet all of the limitations in claim 1 except
arguably the one requiring “a groove formed on the embedded
portion of the metal locking wedge.” It is not readily
apparent why this rather broad recitation of a groove is not
met, or would not have been suggested, by Reynolds’ disclosure
of elongated opening 90 which is disposed at least in part on
the embedded portion of member 86 (see Figure 7), by Reynolds’
disclosure that the embedded portions of such members may be
scored (see column 2, lines 38 through 41) or by Woods’
disclosure of cut-outs 30, 31 which are disposed at least in
part on the embedded portion of barb 25. The
application is also remanded to the examiner to consider
whether claims 5 and 6 are duplicates deserving of treatment
in accordance with MPEP § 706.03(k).
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