Appeal No. 96-4017
Application 08/217,544
side walls 52 to receive a deadbolt," as urged in the final
rejection (page 3) and in the answer (page 5), is in error.
Appellant's claim 1 on appeal requires that the elongated rod
member (3), which telescopes in the passageway (10) of the
elongated body member (1), include a plurality of annular grooves
(31) formed in a substantial portion of the rod member and that
each of said annular grooves have opposite vertical side surfaces
spaced apart from one another to enable the dead bolt (21) of the
lock (2) to engage therein to hold the rod member immovable when
the pusher (20) of the lock is pressed down. See particularly
Figures 4, 6 and 7 of the application drawings. Like appellant
(brief, page 6), we find no teaching or disclosure in Lien of
annular grooves having the claimed configuration, and thus
consider that the examiner's assertions to the contrary are
without foundation and based on pure speculation. There is
simply no clear disclosure in Lien of the configuration of the
grooves (52) and no reasonable suggestion that the grooves (52)
have opposite vertical side surfaces spaced apart from one
another, as required in claim 1 on appeal.
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