Appeal No. 98-0676
Application No. 08/308,592
Ralph-Peter Hegler and Wilhelm Hegler (the appellants)
appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 5-10, the
only claims remaining in the application.2
We REVERSE.
The appellants' invention pertains to a corrugated pipe
slot cutting apparatus. Independent claim 1 is further
illustrative of the appealed subject matter and a copy thereof
may be found in APPENDIX I of the brief.3
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Hoffman 2,980,434 Apr. 18, 1961
Maroschak 3,916,763 Nov. 4, 1975
Hopf 2,306,813 4 Nov. 5, 1976
(French publication)
Claims 1, 2 and 5-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Hopf in view of Maroschak and
Hoffman. According to the examiner Hopf teaches
a first group of holding and centering levers 38,39,
a second group of holding and centering levers
2Claims 1, 5, 6, 8 and 10 have been amended subsequent to
final rejection.
3Reference in this decision to "the brief" is to the
"SECOND AMENDED APPEAL BRIEF" filed on June 13, 1997 (Paper
No. 16).
4Translation attached.
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