Appeal No. 2000-1492
Application No. 09/255,276
facilitating transmission of torque and axial pressure from
the end member to the core member (column 3, lines 55-57),
incorporating radially projecting lugs into Bushell’s end
member would serve no useful purpose. This is so because
Bushell’s end members are designed to cooperate with a
mandrel, which, as far as we can tell, is merely for the
purpose of supporting the end and core members in a way that
allows for rotation thereof, rather than for the purpose of
positively transmitting torque and/or axial loads to the end
member and thence to the core member.
In light of the foregoing, we shall not sustain the
standing § 103 rejection of claims 1-10 as being unpatentable
over Kewin and Bushell, each in view of the other.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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IAN A. CALVERT )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
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