Appeal No. 1997-4430
Application 08/421,463
canceled. Claims 1 through 14, 19 through 38, 42 through 59,
and 67 through 70, the only other claims remaining in the
application, stand withdrawn pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.142(b),
as being drawn to a nonelected invention.
Appellant’s invention pertains to a replacement pipe
product in reduced form for insertion in an existing conduit
and to a replacement pipe product for insertion in an existing
conduit. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claims 39 and 61, copies of which
appear in the SUPPLEMENTAL APPENDIX TO APPEAL BRIEF (Paper No.
58).
As evidence of anticipation and obviousness, the examiner
relies upon the following documents:
Harper et al. (Harper) 2,794,758 Jun. 4, 1957
Hyodo et al. (Hyodo) 4,723,579 Feb. 9, 1988
Laurent 2,503,622 Oct. 15, 1982
(France)2
2Our understanding of this document is derived from a
reading of a translation thereof prepared in the United States
2
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