Appeal No. 1999-2542
Application No. 08/832654
remaining in the application.
Appellant’s invention pertains to a connector rod for a
loom. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 4, a copy of which appears in
“APPENDIX: A” appended to the main brief (Paper No. 16).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Nicholas 2,096,335 Oct. 19,
1937
Vinciguerra 4,770,584 Sep. 13,
1988
Winnie 5,004,361 Apr. 2,
1991
Corain et al. 2,621,262 Jul.
14, 1989
(Corain)(France) 1
The following rejections, found in the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 17), are before us for review.
1Our understanding of this foreign language document is
derived from a reading of a translation thereof prepared in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the
translation is appended to this opinion.
2
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