Ex parte SIMMONS et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 96-4084                                                          
          Application 08/178,508                                                      



          forming surfaces or cutting edge tips of the teeth (3) are                  
          displaced from the plane containing the mounting base                       
          longitudinal axis.  For these reasons, we will not sustain the              
          examiner’s rejection of claim 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).                  


                    To summarize our decision, the examiner's rejection               
          of claims 1 through 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 has been reversed,              



          as has the examiner's rejection of claim 18 under 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 102(b).                                                                   


                                      REVERSED                                        



                                                                                     
                         JAMES M. MEISTER             )                               
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