Appeal No. 2000-0581
Application No. 08/429,155
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a product delivery
apparatus, such as a fan wheel or the like of a printing
press, having replaceable elements (replaceable fan blade
tips, in particular) (specification, page 1). Further
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 1, 22 and 28, which appear 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:
Poland et al. (Poland) 3,162,439 Dec. 22, 1964
Marti 4,681,209 Jul. 21, 1987
Breton 5,112,033 May 12, 1992
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1, 3-8, 10, 12-22 and 24-28 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Breton in view
of Poland and Marti.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 20) and the
answer (Paper No. 21) for the respective positions of the
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embodiment of Figures 4-4b, rather than to the elected embodiment, we note
that the examiner has not withdrawn these claims from consideration.
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