Appeal No. 1998-2988
Application No. 08/502,560
to assume that QWIK-STIK allows for multiple orientations
between the transfer tool and the mounting fixture.
The examiner (Answer, page 3) points to the statement in
the advertisement that "installation can even be accomplished
in offset manholes" as a suggestion that QWIK-STIK's fixture
is mountable to the transfer tool in a plurality of
orientations. Appellants respond (Brief, page 18) that
adjustment for offset manholes refers to variations in length,
not orientation. We agree with appellants, as the statement
referenced by the examiner appears in the description of how
to obtain the appropriate length for the pole, or transfer
tool.
Claim 1 further requires that the object may be moved and
released "at a distance spaced from said longitudinal axis" of
the transfer tool. The examiner asserts (Answer, page 3) that
"the posts and line [are] (operatively) connecting (to) the
fixture (mounting band) at a location spaced from the
longitudinal axis of the transfer tool (pole sections) as
viewed [sic, in] the figures" (underlining ours). We find no
figures showing any space between the posts and the
longitudinal axis of the transfer tool. QWIK-STIK shows the
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