Appeal No. 1998-0853
Application No. 08/381,364
matter. If, as a result of such review, the examiner determines that any of the claims is
unpatentable over Ujimoto, either alone or in combination with other prior art, the examiner
should issue an Office action making any appropriate rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102 or 103.
(2) Claim 1, as well as several of the claims depending therefrom, is directed to a method
of taking parts, re-orienting the parts and transferring them to a receiver. Therefore, it appears
that a search in the area of conveyors (class 198) is appropriate for the claimed subject matter.
A review of the application file reveals that the examiner has not conducted a search in class
198. Accordingly, upon remand, the examiner should additionally search for the claimed
subject matter in class 198. While other subclasses may also be pertinent to the claimed subject
matter, we note of interest the following subclasses of class 198: 373 et seq. (re-orienting of
items); 377.02 et seq. (holder rotates item about axis spaced from the item) and 377.04 (suction
grippers); and 459.8 (endless or rotary conveyor having zone of varying speed).
The application is remanded to the examiner for appropriate action with regard to the
above-mentioned items.
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