Appeal No. 1998-0509
Application 08/236,771
42B of the housing 4 in order to maintain the fasteners 40B
in the vicinity of the housing when the fasteners are
loosened in view of the teaching of Dupree (Final Rejection,
page 3). The Examiner states (Final Rejection, pages 3-4)
that the limitation "wherein the insert(s) reduce(s)
distortion of the housing caused by torque of the fastener,
wherein the torque results from fastener turning" in claims
1, 12, and 28 is inherently met by Remise as modified by
Dupree.
Claims 2 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Remise and Dupree as applied in
the rejection of claims 1 and 12, further in view of Wollar.
Claims 8-11 and 22-27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Remise and Dupree as
applied in the rejection of claims 1 and 12, further in view
of Worthing.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 8) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 13) (pages referred to as
"EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's position and to
the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 12) (pages referred to as
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