Appeal No. 1998-1964 Page 2
Application No. 08/518,784
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a clamp assembly.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claims 1, 8 and 16 (the independent
claims on appeal), which appear in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Powell 2,093,210 Sept. 14,
1937
Engman 3,340,581 Sept. 12,
1967
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Engman in view of Powell.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
9, mailed March 20, 1997) and the examiner's answer (Paper No.
12, mailed October 24, 1997) for the examiner's complete
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