Appeal No. 1997-0380
Application No. 08/368,099
application.2 We REVERSE.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a screw head
nail having a generally cylindrical and enlarged diameter nail
head [26] with a frustoconical [30] defining an outwardly
flared opening therethrough and which is aligned with a
cylindrical bore [28] formed in the nail shank [22]. The
cylindrical bore is provided to receive a conventional machine
screw. The enlarged nail head is configured to prevent
obstruction of the cylindrical bore upon hammering of the nail
into a work piece.
A copy of the appealed claim is appended to the main
brief (Paper No. 10).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claim are:
Farrington 824,983 Jul. 03, 1906
Meyer 2,802,297 Aug. 13, 1957
The claim stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Farrington, alone, and over Meyer in
Claim 1 was amended subsequent to the final rejection to include the2
subject matter of dependent claim 2.
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