Appeal No. 98-1354
Application 08/218,507
The pipe cutter of Hanaway does include a clamping screw
34 (manually operable actuator) carried by the main frame
(housing) and operatively connected with the secondary frame
(carriage) for moving the carriage, as claimed. However,
Hanaway does not provide a suggestion for the movement of the
secondary frame (carriage) by the manually operable actuator
to an advanced position where the saw is moved into cutting
engagement with an object held by movable gripping members, as
set forth in claim 22.
For the reasons given above, we have determined that the
portable cutter of claim 22 would not have been obvious based
upon the evidence of obviousness before us.
In summary, this panel of the board has reversed the
rejection of claims 22 through 26 and 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Hanaway.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
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