Appeal No. 2000-0820 Page 11
Application No. 08/978,625
a wrench having a disk-shaped head with circular top and
bottom faces or an extender having a second end extent which
has a cylindrical configuration with the same diameter as the
diameter of the first end extent).
Finally, the examiner relies on the combination of White
in view of Coviello to provide a teaching of providing a non-
slip surface over every outer surface of the ratchet wrench
assembly of White. The examiner states that “the driver of
Coviello has ribs that extend the full length of the driver
and thus clearly suggests providing the driver (ratchet
wrench) of White with the full texturing over the full length”
(answer, page 5). Coviello discloses a hand held driver
having a single shank construction with a driver-fastener at
both ends, thus requiring gripping along the entire surface.
By contrast, White does not disclose any structure which would
require or suggest to a user to grip the ratchet wrench head.
In fact, White supplies a separate “handle 10 [which] may be
directly applied . . . to a standard recess 60 formed in the
socket 14 . . . . In this instance the wrench is not used”
(col. 3, lines 11-15). Furthermore, Coviello
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