Appeal No. 2001-1608
Application 08/619,699
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Toth in view of either Becker or
Warner.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 10 and 12) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 11) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.
DISCUSSION
Toth and Anapliotis, the examiner’s primary references,
disclose screw threaded fasteners having a pair of concentric
faceted tool-fitting formations of different sizes separated
by a step.
The Toth fastener is a wheel nut insert 24 comprising a
central internally threaded bore 34 and first and second
external hexagonal portions 30 and 32 separated by a shoulder
36. The operating width 40 of the first hexagonal portion 30
is smaller than the operating width 42 of the second hexagonal
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