Appeal No. 96-3418
Application No. 08/317,135
The appellant's invention is directed to a coupling that
includes at least one filter to remove contaminants from the
stream of material flowing therethrough. The claims on appeal
have been reproduced in an appendix to the Brief (Paper No.
16).
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Neracher 331,531 Dec. 1,
1885
Strong 2,247,590 Jul. 1,
1941
The following are the rejections before us on appeal:
Claims 1, 4, 7, 13, 14, 16 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being clearly anticipated by Neracher.
Claims 2, 3, 5 and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Neracher.
Claims 8-12 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Neracher and Strong.
In reaching our decision on the issues raised in this
appeal, we have carefully assessed the claims, the prior art
applied against the claims, and the respective views of the
examiner and the appellant as set forth in the Answer (Paper
No. 17) and the Briefs (Papers Nos. 16 and 18).
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