Appeal No. 1999-1785
Application No. 08/512,656
at the beveled portion. In that regard, we do not consider
that one of ordinary skill in the art would have viewed the
arcuate cutout in the internal member 31' seen in Figure 5C of
the application as providing a seat with a beveled portion.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 19 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed, the
decision of the examiner to reject claim 17 under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) is reversed and the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 11, 12, 15 and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is affirmed.
New rejections of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 19 and 20 under 35
U.S.C.
§ 102(b) have been added pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b), and a new rejection of claim 16 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, has also been added pursuant to the
provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
We AFFIRM-IN-PART and enter new grounds of rejection
pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b).
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