Appeal No. 2000-0818 Page 2
Application No. 08/949,917
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a wrench. An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the
appellant's Brief.
Claims 1-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as containing
subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably
convey to one skilled in the art that the inventor, at the time the application was filed, had
possession of the invention.
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. 5) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the
Brief (Paper No.11) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellant's specification and claims and to the respective positions articulated by the
appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations
which follow.
The appellant’s invention combines aspects of open ended wrenches and of ratchet
wrenches. The inventive wrench has a head assembly movable between an open head
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