Appeal No. 96-2862
Application No. 08/030,704
DECISION ON APPEAL
This an appeal from the final rejection of claims 7, 9-13
and 21-24. Claims 14-16 and 20 stand allowed. We affirm-in-part
and, pursuant to our authority under the provisions of 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b), enter new rejections of claim 22 under 35 U.S.C.
§§ 102(b) and 103.
The appellants’ invention pertains to a tool holder that is
adapted to be mounted on a perforated panel. Independent claim
22 is further illustrative of the appealed subject matter and
reads as follows:
22. A toolholder, mountable to the front surface of a standard
perfboard having front and rear surfaces and having spaced holes
therein, said toolholder comprising first and second portions for
fitting into two adjacent holes from the front surface, both of
said first and second portions comprising means for applying
positive pressure against the rear surface around the hole into
which it is inserted.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Schuplin 3,417,438 Dec. 24, 1968
Muirhead 4,405,108 Sep. 20, 1983
Hutchison Des. 300,003 Feb. 28, 1989
An additional reference relied on by this merits panel of
the Board is:
Niemi 4,828,209 May 9, 19892
2This reference was made of record by the examiner in the
first Office action (Paper No. 4).
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