Appeal No. 98-1947
Application 08/431,702
to the known apparatus, is in error. Moreover, the examiner’s
comments (answer, page 7) regarding different shaped apertures
producing different “stress concentration areas” appear to us
to be somewhat misplaced given the distinctly different
advantage noted in appellants’ specification, i.e., that the
Z-shaped apertures, because of the elongated leg portions
thereof, facilitate a shearing process requiring less
tolerance.
For the above reasons, the examiner's rejection of
appellants’ claims 1 through 4 and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Young will not be sustained, and the
decision of the examiner rejecting the above-noted claims of
the present application is reversed.
REVERSED
IRWIN CHARLES COHEN )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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