Appeal No. 2000-0820 Page 12
Application No. 08/978,625
only teaches placing a gripping surface on a driver and one
having ordinary skill in the art could not derive any
suggestion or motivation from the combined teachings of White
and Coviello to place a non-slip grooved surface on an
extender and a socket as set forth in appellant’s claim 1.
Coviello, like the other
secondary references applied by the examiner, also does not
provide response for the other identified differences between
White and appellant’s claimed subject matter.
On page 7 of the brief, appellant states that
even if a teaching existed within the prior art for the
combining of the references as proposed by the Examiner,
the resulting structure would still fail to show the
common textured surfaces for grip enhancing on all areas of
a wrench assembly with the extender as disclosed and
claimed (emphasis added).
We are in agreement with appellant that, even if we considered
the rejection before us as relying on the collective teachings
of White, DeVrou, Quinn and Coviello, the resultant
combination still would not be a ratchet wrench assembly
having the basic structure and non-slip, grooved surface over
every outer surface area of a wrench, an extender and a
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