Appeal No. 98-0685
Application No. 08/513,529
We REVERSE and, pursuant to our authority under the
provisions of 37 C.F.R. § 1.196(b), we will enter a new
rejection of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph.
The appellant's invention pertains to a screwing device
for ultrasound-controlled tightening of screw connections.
Independent claim 1 is further illustrative of the appealed
subject matter and a copy thereof may be found in the APPENDIX
to the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Pagano 3,969,810 Jul. 20,
1976
Farley 4,266,453 May 12,
1981
Miner et al. (Miner) 5,448,930 Sep. 12,
1995
Canadian Patent
(Ferm) 566,987 Dec. 2,
1958
Claims 1, 2 and 5-7, 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pagano in view of
Miner.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Pagano in view of Miner and Farley.
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