Appeal No. 99-1173
Application 08/718,122
The appealed claims are drawn to a wrench for threading
and unthreading soft golf spikes, and are reproduced in
Appendix A of appellants’ brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Lederer 3,043,171 Jul. 10, 1962
Hall et al. (Hall) 4,584,914 Apr. 29, 1986
Schley 5,003,681 Apr. 2, 1991
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the following
combinations of references :2
(1) Claims 1, 3, 4, 6 to 10, 12, 13, 15 to 18, 20 and 21,
Schley in view of Lederer;
(2) Claims 2, 11 and 19, Schley in view of Lederer and Hall.
Rejection (1)
The basis of this rejection, as set forth on page 2 of
the final rejection, is:
Schley discloses all of the claimed subject
matter except for having sharp tips on plural pins.
Schley discloses that more than one pin may be used.
Lederer discloses sharp tips on four pins aligned in
a square. It would have been obvious to one having
ordinary skill in the art to form the pins of Schley
2An additional rejection of claims 5 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, was overcome by the amendment filed on April 20, 1998.
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