Appeal No. 2006-0954
Application No. 10/316,444
Claim 18
Claim 18 requires that the distance between the clamp axis
and the pivot axis is less than 50 mm and that the engagement
point is equal to or farther from the clamp axis than the pivot
axis.
Buckley at least would have fairly suggested, to one of
ordinary skill in the art, an engagement point that is near the
starting position of the handle as shown in figure 1. That
engagement point, as indicated by that figure, would be farther
from the clamp axis than the pivot axis (24). Buckley does not
disclose the distance between the clamp axis and the pivot axis.
However, one of ordinary skill in the art would have been led by
Buckley’s figure 1 to place the pivot axis sufficiently close,
e.g., within 50 mm, to the clamp axis to accommodate small hands.
Except for asserting that the limitations in claim 18
distinguish that claim over the references (brief, page 5), the
appellant does not direct any argument specifically toward
claim 18.
For the above reasons we are not convinced of reversible
error in the rejection of claim 18.
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