Appeal No. 1996-1300
Application No. 08/076,722
Appellants urge that "Fukumoto does not have a dead bolt
feature in which a combination of link, slot, extending pin,
worm gear and worm to hold the manual locking lever in a
locked position so that external force on the manual locking
lever does not move the manual locking lever from the locked
position" (brief, page 8). Further, "Appellants' claimed
invention has several structural and functional elements not
taught or suggested in Fukumoto. The primary element of claim
7 not taught or suggested in Fukumoto is the dead bolt
feature, recited as follows:
... wherein, in at least one of the operating positions,
the combination of the link, slot, extending pin, worm
gear and worm hold the manual locking lever in the locked
position so that external force on the manual locking
lever does not move the manual locking lever from the
locked position"
(brief, page 8).
In response the examiner explains that "Fukumoto teaches
a combined movement of the link, slot, extending pin, worm
gear and worm holding the manual locking lever in locked
position" and "[t]he Examiner admits that Fukumoto teaches the
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