Appeal No. 1998-2700
Application No. 08/722,452
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26 and 27,
which are all of the claims remaining in the application. 2
Claims 1 through 14, 17, 18, 20, 23 and 25 have been canceled.
Appellant’s invention relates to a combination chop and
table saw, otherwise known as a flip-over saw. More
particularly, the invention relates to such a saw which is
capable of making bevel cuts in both its table saw mode and
its miter saw mode, and to a pointer and gearing arrangement
for accurately and easily identifying the angle which the saw
blade makes to the vertical. Claims 15 and 21 are
representative of the subject matter on appeal, and a copy of
those independent claims may be found in the Appendix to
appellant’s brief.
2Claim 24 was amended subsequent to the final rejection
in a paper filed September 29, 1997 (Paper No. 17). As noted
in the advisory action mailed October 10, 1997 (Paper No. 18),
the rejection of claim 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, made in the final rejection, was overcome by this
amendment.
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