Appeal No. 1998-1970
Application No. 08/587,134
with a manual pump providing flush water to the toilet. Of
importance to appellants is the fact that the manual pump has
a piston that is in a clearance relation with the cylinder,
thereby reducing the force required for operating the pump. A
copy of appealed claims 13 and 14, as they appear in the
Appendix of appellants’ brief, is attached to this decision.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting claims 13 and 14 is:
Tarnawski 971,803 Oct. 4,
1910 Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
102(b) as being anticipated by Tarnawski.
Rather than reiterate the examiner’s explanation of the
above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and appellants regarding the rejection, we
make reference to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 18, mailed
November 12, 1997) for the reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 17, filed
September 29, 1997) and reply brief (Paper No. 19, filed
January 15, 1998) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
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