Appeal No. 96-0563
Application 07/540,839
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection
of claims 30 through 33. Appellants have withdrawn the appeal
of claim 33 (brief, page 1), and claims 1 through 29 and 34,2
the only other claims remaining in the application, stand
withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner pursuant
to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) as being drawn to a nonelected
invention. Thus, claims 30 through 32 are the only claims
before us for our consideration.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a wrench.
Claim 30 is exemplary of the invention and reads as follows:
30. A wrench assembly which comprises:
a. an elongate handle;
b. an open ended jaw formation located on one end
of said handle for closely surrounding and engaging a majority
of the perimeter of a splined cylindrical shaft;
c. a spring loaded spline latch mechanism mounted
on said handle and having a latch that, in a first position,
protrudes into the jaw engagement area for engagement with a
spline on said shaft and, in a second position is retracted
2This claim should be canceled from the application by
direction of the examiner pursuant to the Manual of Patent
Examining Procedure § 1215.03 (6th ed., no. 2, July 1996).
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