Appeal No. 97-1439 Page 3
Application No. 08/417,981
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a mechanism for
adjusting the height of a post that may be used to support, for
example, dental equipment (specification, p. 1). An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claims 1, 8 and 15, which appear in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Gilbert et al. (Gilbert) 4,182,364 Jan. 8, 1980
Namur 4,640,211 Feb. 3, 1987
Garringer 4,706,367 Nov. 17, 1987
Yokomatsu et al. (Yokomatsu) 4,906,028 Mar. 6, 1990
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellants
regard as the invention.
Claims 1 through 4, 8 through 11, 13 and 15 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Namur in view of
Garringer.
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