Appeal No. 1998-1642 Page 2
Application No. 08/541,894
The appellants' invention relates to a reciprocating saw.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 24, which appears in the appendix
to the appellants' brief.
The prior art
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Hoffman 3,750,283 Aug. 7, 1973
The rejection
Claims 24 through 28, 30, 32 through 35, 37, 39 and 41
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Hoffman.1
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 14, mailed October 27, 1997) for the examiner’s reasoning
in support of the rejection and to the appellants' reply brief
1This rejection was entered as a new rejection in the
Examiner’s Answer. The examiner’s rejection based on the
Dillon reference has been withdrawn. (See Letter from the
examiner, Paper No. 17).
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