Appeal No. 1999-0939 Page 2
Application No. 08/593,334
The appellant's invention relates to a method of
fastening members of an assembly, such as sheets or the like
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Parsons et al. 2,180,545 Nov. 21,
1939
(Parsons)
Lelaurain 2,017,426 (UK) Oct.
3, 1979
Bradley et al. 2,140,891 (UK) Dec. 5, 1984
(Bradley)
Claims 13 through 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Bradley in view of Parsons and
Lelaurain.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
13, mailed November 24, 1997) and the answer (Paper No. 19,
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