Appeal No. 2001-1898
Application No. 08/835,945
which receives a threaded shaft 16, the bar is not attachable to
any object by the threaded shaft (fastener), as required by both
of these claims.
Accordingly, we will not sustain rejection (2) as to
claims 47 and 52, nor, it follows, as to claims 48 to 51 and 53
to 56, dependent thereon.
Rejection (3)
Cure discloses apparatus in which an object 1 is atached to
the end of a hollow post 2 by a bar 4 which is transversely
disposed in the post 2 by passing the entire length of the bar
through an opening 3 in the side of the post, and a removable
threaded fastener 6 which is axially disposed in the hollow post
(as disclosed by Cure at page 8, lines 18 and 19, the screw 6 can
be on the axis of the tube, and at page 11, lines 3 and 4, the
threaded hole 5 can be in the middle of bar 4).
We conclude that claims 47 and 52 are anticipated by this
disclosure of Cure. Appellants argue that the claims are not
anticipated because Cure does not disclose that the fastener
be accessible only through a secured port in the object, but
the claims are not drawn to such a combination of elements.
Claims 47 and 52 each recite that the object has "a secured
access to its interior," and a fastener "which has been passed
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