Appeal No. 1996-2163
Application 08/106,541
(a) smoothly and continuously rolled back;
(b) shaped to form a serration, wherein an outer edge of the serration is
gradual and smooth.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Senne 811,877 Feb. 6, 1906
Suchy 1,588,390 Jun. 8, 1926
Leon 2,643,727 Jun. 30, 1953
Novak 2,900,040 Aug. 18, 1959
Kobayashi et al. (Kobayashi) 4,739,860 Apr. 26, 1988
Pfister 5,220,608 Jun. 15, 1993
(filed Oct. 2, 1990)
Ishii et al. (Ishii)2 56-52994 May 12, 1981
(Japanese Kokai)
Claims 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 USC § 112, first paragraph, on what
appears to be both the enablement and best mode provisions. Claims 30 and 32 stand
rejected under the written description provision of 35 USC § 112, first paragraph. Claims
17-32 are rejected under 35 USC § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite.
Various art rejections have been set forth by the examiner. Claims 17-21 and 25-
29 stand rejected under 35 USC § 102(b) as being anticipated by Ishii. Likewise, claims
17-20 and 25-27 stand rejected under the same provision as being anticipated by Senne.
Other claims remain rejected under 35 USC § 103. As evidence of obviousness, as to
2 Our understanding of this reference is based upon a translation provided by the Scientific and
Technical Information Center of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the translation is
enclosed with this decision.
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