Appeal No. 1998-0331
Application No. 08/297,257
We REVERSE and REMAND the application to the examiner for
further consideration.
The appellants' disclosed invention pertains to a
multiple spindle bar machine. A basic understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1
and 5, a copy of which is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ledergerber et al. 3,686,986 Aug. 29, 1972
(Ledergerber)
Burka 5,111,562 May 12, 1992
Derrien 2,611,799 Oct. 7, 1976
(DT ’799) (German patent
disclosure)2
"Handbook for Operators Acme-Gridley Multiple Spindle Bar
Machines" (National Acme Division Acme-Cleveland Corp. 1980)
(hereinafter "Acme")
1(...continued)
rejection. See Paper Nos. 11 and 14.
2In determining the teachings of this reference, we will
rely on the translation provided by the Patent and Trademark
Office. We are also assisted in our understanding of the
reference by our review of the U.S. equivalent, U.S. Patent
No. 4,084,482 to Derrien. Copies of the translation and U.S.
Patent No. 4,084,482 are attached for the appellants'
convenience.
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