Appeal No. 2000-0820 Page 2
Application No. 08/978,625
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a ratchet wrench
assembly including a ratchet wrench, a ratchet wrench extender
and a cylindrical socket wherein the entire outer surface of
each element is formed with a grooved gripping surface. 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.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
White 3,575,069 April 13,
1971
DeVrou 4,004,476 Jan. 25,
1977
Coviello 4,056,020 Nov. 1,
1977
Quinn 5,606,897 March 4,
1997
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over White in view of any of DeVrou, Quinn or
Coviello.
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