Appeal No. 1999-2439 Page 2
Application No. 08/731,857
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates generally to hand tools
and more specifically to an articulating multi-sized adapter
(specification, p. 2). An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of the independent claims on appeal
(i.e., claims 14, 16 and 19), copies of which are reproduced
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:
Van Hoose 4,114,401 Sep.
19, 1978
Cromwell 5,168,782 Dec. 8,
1992
Claims 4, 5 and 14 to 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Van Hoose in view of
Cromwell.
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.
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