Appeal No. 2001-0201 Page 2
Application No. 08/779,706
The appellant's invention relates to a hose coupling
member for connection to an identical hose coupling member for
use with a 1/2 to 7/8 inch hose. A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth 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:
Weaver 1,911,659 May 30,
1933
Fandetti et al. 3,645,562 Feb. 29,
1972
(Fandetti)
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Fandetti in view of Weaver.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
13, mailed March 9, 1999) and the answer (Paper No. 16, mailed
May 27, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 15, filed
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