Ex parte BUCHER - Page 3




          Appeal No. 98-0952                                                          
          Application No. 08/399,434                                                  

               1. Claims 17, 19, 21, 33 and 35 stand rejected under 35                
          U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by the ‘658 U.K. patent.               
               2. Claims 23 through 27 and 30 through 32 stand rejected               
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the ‘658 U.K.              
          patent.                                                                     
               3. Claims 18, 22, 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35                    
          U.S.C.                                                                      
          § 103 as being unpatentable over the ‘658 U.K. patent in view               
          of Wang.                                                                    
               4. Claims 20 and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103               
          as being unpatentable over the ‘658 U.K. patent view of Wyatt.              
               Reference is made to the examiner’s answer for details of              
          these rejections.                                                           
               In support of his § 102(b) rejection, the examiner reads               
          appellant’s claimed handle on the handle structure (42) in the              
          U.K. patent.  As noted on page 7 of the main brief, the                     
          examiner marked up a copy of the sheet of drawings containing               
          Figures 3 and 4 in the U.K. patent at an interview to express               
          his understanding of the structure encompassed by the handle                
          (42) in the U.K. patent.  A photocopy of this marked-up copy                
          is attached to appellant’s main brief as Exhibit A.                         

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