Appeal No. 97-4208
Application 08/682,393
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
to 5, 9 to 13, 15, 17 to 25 and 27 to 44, all the claims
remaining in the application.
The subject matter involved in this appeal is a ratchet
wrench. The appealed claims are reproduced in Appendix A of
appellant’s brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Flynn 3,733,936 May 22, 1973
Main et al. (Main '025) 4,128,025 Dec. 5, 1978
Main '940 4,218,940 Aug. 26, 1980
Gummow 4,406,186 Sept. 27, 1983
The appealed claims stand finally rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 to 5, 9 to 13, 15, 17 to 25 and 27 to 44,
unpatentable for failure to comply with 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph;
(2) Claims 1 to 3, 5, 9 to 13, 20 to 25, 28 to 36 and
40 to 43, unpatentable over Main '025 or '940 in view of Flynn,
under 35 U.S.C. § 103;
(3) Claims 4 and 27, unpatentable over Main '025 or
'940 in view of Flynn and Gummow under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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