Appeal No. 1998-2988
Application No. 08/502,560
a transfer tool having a longitudinal axis;
said mounting fixture including means for fastening an
object to the mounting fixture and means for fastening the
mounting fixture at a remote location;
said transfer tool including means for mounting and for
releasing the mounting fixture to the transfer tool in a
plurality of orientations and moving the mounting fixture to
said remote location;
said means for mounting and for releasing including a
post extending at an angle to said longitudinal axis and a
flexible means; said post and flexible means connecting said
mounting fixture at a location spaced from said longitudinal
axis, wherein the object may be moved and released at a
distance spaced from said longitudinal axis.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Montedoro-Whitney, Advertisement for QWIK-STIK (undated)
Claims 1 through 5, 7, and 8 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by, or in the alternative,
under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over QWIK-STIK.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16,
mailed January 7, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to appellants' Brief (Paper
No. 15, filed December 12, 1997) for appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
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