Appeal No. 2000-0078
Application No. 08/837,242
other claims in the application, have been indicated as
allowable. 2
The claims on appeal are drawn to an assembly for use
with a window. Claim 26 is representative, and reads:
26. An assembly for use with a window including a window
sash movably mounted to a window jamb, the assembly for
selectively locking the window sash closed against the window
jamb, the assembly comprising:
a cam member for securing to the window jamb;
a keeper for mounting to the window sash and being
movable relative to the window sash;
drive means for mounting to the window sash for operably
controlling movement of said keeper to selectively engage the
keeper with the cam member when the window sash is
substantially closed against the window jamb.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Douglas 4,500,122 Feb. 19, 1985
Nolte et al. (Nolte) 4,991,886 Feb. 12, 1991
Miilu 5,058,939 Oct. 22, 1991
Wydler et al. (Wydler) 5,480,198 Jan. 2, 1996
2In the final rejection (Paper No. 5), claims 1 to 37
were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. After
an amendment was filed on October 19, 1998 (Paper No. 7), the
examiner issued an Advisory Action (Paper No. 9) to the effect
that that rejection had been overcome, but that claims 26 to
28 remained rejected under § 112, second paragraph, on another
ground.
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