Appeal No. 96-2346
Application 08/162,364
to the Figures 4 and 6 embodiments of Hudson. The examiner's
reasoning appears to be somewhat strained. In any event, the
middle region of the longitudinally extending duct 34, as
analogized by the examiner as comprising the claimed first
spur, does not appear to have a middle region in Figures 4 and
6 depicting an “extremity.” Since claim 22 requires that the
spur be located at a position intermediate the first and
second portions of the claim, the more specific recitation in
dependent claim 28 would require that the axial extremity
claimed be in the middle portion of the longitudinally
extending duct 34. There is no furthest or most remote part
(that is, an extremity) in this region of it that contains an
oblique face as urged by the examiner.
The examiner's position at the bottom of page 4 of the
answer appears to state that the first spur or duct 34 has an
oblique face because the duct has a crescent-shaped opening.
To the extent the end portions of longitudinally extending
duct 34 show crescent-shaped openings, there is no axial
“extremity” and certainty no oblique face in the Figures 4 and
6 embodiments. In view of the foregoing, the decision of
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