Appeal No. 2000-1625
Application No. 08/942,618
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Haines 192,759 Jul. 3, 1877
Schwarz 818,565 Apr. 24, 1906
Verse 1,687,531 Oct. 16, 1928
Bowman 5,499,427 Mar. 19, 1996
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected on the
following grounds:
(1) Claims 1 to 4, anticipated by Haines, under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b).
(2) Claims 1 to 4, unpatentable over Haines, under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a).
(3) Claims 8 and 9, unpatentable over Haines in view of
Schwarz, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
(4) Claims 1 to 7, unpatentable over Verse in view of
Bowman, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
Rejection (1)
This rejection will not be sustained. The claims call
for a porcelain knob, while Haines discloses a glass knob.
The examiner states that "glass [is] a broad term which
encompasses porcelain" (answer, page 6), but even assuming
this to be true, Haines' disclosure of glass does not
anticipate porcelain because
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