Appeal No. 97-2644
Application 08/381,531
(1 or 1c) of the connecting pin is configured as seen in
Figure 6 of the patent. We do not agree. It is an essential
prerequisite that the scope and content of the claimed subject
matter be fully understood prior to the application of prior
art thereto. Given our understanding and interpretation of
the scope and content of
appellant's claim 1 on appeal as discussed supra, it is clear
to us that the connecting pin of Schick does not include a
plurality of core elements which are each shaped and config-
ured as required in claim 1 on appeal. Each of the core
elements (1) or (1c) of Schick (Figures 1, 4, 6 and 10) is
clearly not of a cylindrical shape along its entire length
measured from end-to-end, as is required in appellant's claim
1 on appeal. The examiner's attempt (answer, pages 8-9 and
Appendix A) to read one of the four segments of the core
elements (1) of Schick as being responsive to each of the core
elements defined and required in claim 1 on appeal is likewise
totally unavailing. Accordingly, the exam- iner's rejection
of claims 1 through 3, 5, 13, 15 and 17 under
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