Appeal No. 2001-0099
Application No. 09/042,431
The examiner's attention is directed to column 7, lines
14-62, of Jarvis '924, as well as to Figure 52 of Jarvis '924,
which appears to illustrate a retaining slot extending
outwardly at a right angle from one end of an engagement slot.
With regard to Jarvis '787, the examiner's attention is
directed to the disclosure at column 4, line 3, to column 5,
line 7, and Figures 6, 6A, 6B and 7.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1, 4, 5, 7-16 and 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed
as to claim 21 and reversed as to claims 1, 4, 5 and 7-16.
Additionally, the application is remanded to the examiner for
consideration of the issues noted above.
In addition to affirming the examiner's rejection of one
or more claims, this decision contains a remand. 37 CFR
§ 1.196(e) provides that
Whenever a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences includes or allows a remand, that decision
shall not be considered a final decision. When
appropriate, upon conclusion of proceedings on remand
before the examiner, the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences may enter an order otherwise making its
decision final.
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