Appeal No. 2000-1471 Application No. 08/935,655 latch 28 mounted on a cross pin 29 and urged by a spring 31 into a holding position.” (reply brief, page 1). According to the examiner (see pages 4 and 5 in the answer), this sentence describes lever 27, and thus the cams 36 carried by the lever, as being urged by spring 31 into a holding position, with the result that spring 31 meets the spring limitations in claims 5 and 6. The appellant, on the other hand, submits (see pages 2 and 3 in the main brief and pages 1 and 2 in the reply brief) that the sentence in question actually describes latch 28 as being urged by spring 31 into a holding position, and that the Poehlmann device does not contain any spring, including spring 31, which acts on the cam in the manner specified in claims 5 and 6. A fair reading of the Poehlmann reference supports the appellant’s position, and belies the examiner’s. The sentence 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007