Appeal No. 1997-2248
Application No. 08/378,513
that Bonnes teaches the basic claimed process (see pages
4 through 7 in the answer), Bonnes fails to respond to the
various limitations in independent claims 9 and 14 pertaining
to the provision and positioning of a “gear insert” (claims 9
and 14), the provision or preparation of fiber-reinforced
plastic material layers having “the shape of the outline of
the hand tool” (claims 9 and 14) and aligned “openings” (claim
14), and the mounting of a “ratchet mechanism” in the insert
(claims 9 and 14). The examiner’s reliance on Kipp, Cooper
and Flonc to overcome these deficiencies in Bonnes is not well
founded.
Kipp discloses a hand lever 1 for use with a fastening
element 2 associated with a spindle, axle or the like. The
hand lever is made of a low hardness synthetic material and
has a metallic coupling element 11 embedded therein. The
coupling element has projections 13 for anchoring it to the
synthetic material and a toothed or geared inner rim 14 for
engagement with complementary teeth on the fastening element.
Cooper discloses a ratchet wrench 20 comprising an
integrally-formed body 24 of fiber-reinforced molded plastic,
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