Ex parte SHERMAN et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 98-2419                                                          
          Application No. 08/675,193                                                  


               In using the Hough device, as disclosed at col. 3, lines               
          1 to 9, the flexible flange 15 is deformed as it is pushed                  
          into the base 21 of the broken light bulb, and then is further              
          deformed as the handle 11 is rotated, whereby the base 21 can               
          then be unscrewed from socket 22.  Wickbergh, on the other                  
          hand, discloses the use of teeth 5 on a screwdriver blade so                
          that the blade will not lift out of the screw head slot when                
          the screwdriver is turned (page 2, lines 30 to 44).  While the              
          teeth of Wickbergh enhance gripping of the screw by the                     
          screwdriver, as                                                             



















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