Appeal No. 2000-2015
Application 08/843,060
member towards a free end thereof and spaced a slight distance
apart from a tip of the free end. The light source is
provided within a housing (24), which housing is disposed
within the rod member (i.e., forms a part of the rod member)
at a slight distance apart from a tip of the free end. See
Figures 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the application drawings, and the
specification at pages 3, 4 and 5. Independent claim 1 is
representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of
that claim can be found in the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ward 5,586,403 Dec.
24, 1996
Kelly 5,644,864 Jul. 8,
1997
(filed Nov. 13,
1995)
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Kelly in view of Ward.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
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