Appeal No. 2004-0390 Page 2
Application No. 09/727,397
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a wrench having a universal-joint ratchet
wheel, and more particularly to a wrench having a box end in which a
universal-joint ratchet wheel is mounted (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Allen 1,261,092 Apr. 2, 1918
Kohal 4,662,251 May 5, 1987
Chow 5,533,427 July 9, 1996
Hu 6,148,695 Nov. 21, 2000
Claims 1 to 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Allen in view of Kohal.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Allen
in view of Kohal as applied to claim 1, and further in view of either Chow or Hu.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 14, mailed March 20, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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