Appeal No. 2001-1343
Application No. 08/965,818
In light of the foregoing we shall sustain the standing
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, rejection of claims 77
through 112 only with respect to claims 77, 84, 91, 99, 106,
109 and 112, claims 78 through 83 and 85 by virtue of their
dependency from claim 77, claims 92 through 94 by virtue of
their dependency from claim 91, and claims 100 through 105 and
107, 108, 110 and 111 by virtue of their dependency from claim
99.
III. The 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 77, 83, 85, 86, 95, 99,
100, 104, 105 and 109 through 111 as being unpatentable over
Bernard in view of Thompson
Bernard discloses an inline ratcheting tool, such as a
torque wrench, for tightening down nuts with a very large
torque. In Bernard’s words,
[t]he inline ratcheting tool 10 is positioned on a
head 11 of a nut 12. In operation, the body portion
13 of tool 10 would engage a second nut 12 to
provide a base from which the inline ratcheting tool
10 will obtain the necessary leverage in order to
operate. As illustrated in FIG. 1, there is further
mounted on body portion 13 a hydraulic cylinder 15
having the hydraulic cylinder connectedly engaged at
its rear end 15 to the upper body portion 16 of body
13, and the cylinder having a piston member 17 for
engaging the ratcheting means 18 . . . so that as
the piston moves forward and rearward from the flow
of hydraulic fluid in lines 19 and 21, ratcheting
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