Appeal No. 1999-2370 Page 3
Application No. 08/890,744
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a bolt. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of claim 25, a copy of which appears in the opinion section
below.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Sedgwick 1,389,997 Sept. 6,
1921
Claim 25 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sedgwick.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
5, mailed June 25, 1998) and the answer (Paper No. 8, mailed
January 28, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 7, filed
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