Appeal No. 1999-1529 Page 8
Application No. 08/366,985
Independent claim 1 recites a mining support for
supporting rock within a mine comprising, inter alia, a cable,
a bending restrictor, and "means for mixing resin in a resin
cartridge as the cable is inserted into a bore hole drilled in
the rock in which the resin cartridge is disposed, said mixing
means positioned about the cable."
The examiner implicitly found (answer, pp. 3-4) that the
only difference between Scott and claim 1 was the bending
restrictor limitation. With regard to this difference, the
examiner determined that it would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made
to have substituted a bending restrictor such as taught by
Harding or Yokota for the tube 21A of Scott.
The appellant argues (brief, pp. 17-20) that the
examiner's implicit finding that the only difference between
Scott and claim 1 was the bending restrictor limitation is in
error. Specifically, the appellant contends that Scott does
not teach or suggest a resin cartridge as explained above.
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