Appeal No. 96-1901
Application 07/925,790
The appellant's invention is directed to a portable apparatus for pulling flexible well pipe (claims
2-4, 7 and 8), and to a method of removing flexible pipe from a well (claims 9 and 10). The claims on
appeal have been reproduced in an appendix to Paper No. 27, with errors noted by the examiner in
Paper No. 28.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the final rejection are:
Parola 3,168,287 Feb. 2, 1965
Haines 3,635,441 Jan. 18,1972
Crees 3,809,366 May 7, 1974
THE REJECTIONS
The following rejections stand under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
(1) Claims 2, 3 and 8-10 on the basis of Parola and Haines.
(2) Claims 4 and 7 on the basis of Parola, Haines and Crees.
The rejections are explained in the Examiner's Answer.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellant are set forth in the Brief.
OPINION
In reaching our decision on the issues raised in this appeal, we have carefully assessed the
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