Appeal No. 98-1938
Application 08/570,196
reel hub (4) therein so as to significantly reduce any
compression of the inner ring to a magnitude which can be
tolerated in the production setting for which the tape reel
hub (4) is intended.
The examiner’s reliance on Honsa for a teaching of
manufacturing the hub of Jorgensen from a thermoplastic
material, such as polystyrene, does nothing to alter the fact
that Jorgensen specifically desires and allows for relative
rotation between the inner and outer rings of the hub (4)
therein, while the claims before us on appeal specifically set
forth that any such relative rotation between the inner and
outer rings of the claimed hub structure in the
circumferential direction is prevented. The examiner’s
assertion (answer, page 5) that the claims on appeal do not
preclude the presence of relative rotation under circumstances
when the claimed hub is tightly wound with tape and is under
compression, is not understood. Both the specification of the
present application (page 3) and the claims on appeal
expressly and unambiguously indicate that relative rotation of
the nature alluded to by the examiner is prevented in
appellants’ claimed hub structure.
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