Appeal No. 97-4260
Application 08/445,660
December
1, 1997, 62 F.R. 53132, 53197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 O.G. 63,
122
(Oct. 21, 1997), claim 18 is rejected under 35 USC § 102(b) as
anticipated by Cool.5
Cool discloses a plastic pallet 10 formed from upper and
lower plastic sheets, having bosses 20. As discussed
previously, these bosses are in a non-symmetrical, non-hinge
forming arrangement, and no more than any three adjacent boss
centers are collinear.
Conclusion
The examiner's decision to reject claims 1 to 3, 6 to 11
and 14 to 17 is affirmed. Claim 18 is rejected pursuant to 37
CFR 1.196(b).
In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one
or more claims, this decision contains a new ground of
5The expression "not more than three" in the last paragraph of the claim
appears to have no antecedent basis in the specification, as required by 37
CFR 1.75(d)(1). Also, the recitation of two pluralities of bosses seems to
imply that different bosses are referred to, whereas, as disclosed, these
would seem to be the same bosses.
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