Appeal No. 1999-1063
Application No. 08/402,498
Claim 17 has been allowed. Claims 10 and 12 through 14, the1
only other claims remaining in the application, are objected
to as being dependent upon a rejected claim, but would be
allowable if rewritten in dependent form including all of the
limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Claims 1, 8 and 9 have been canceled.
We REVERSE and REMAND.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to
an escape device for escaping from a multi-storied
building or other high areas in an emergency
comprising a worm gear mechanism [40] driven by an
electric motor [51], operatively coupled to a reel
[30] having a length of high tensile line [60] wound
around it, a casing [20] enclosing operative
components, and a belt [76] connected to the casing
for supporting a person’s body. (Specification, page
1, reference numerals added)
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to the main
brief (Paper No. 10).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
O’Neil 4,503,933 Mar. 12, 1985
Cox 1,440,919 Jun. 30, 1976
(British published application)
See Paper No. 9.1
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