Appeal No. 1999-0893
Application No. 08/683,236
same shape and pitch, such that the barrel rotor moves only in
the rotary direction.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Nihei et al. (Nihei) 4,857,786 Aug. 15,
1989
Albrecht et al. (Albrecht) 4,920,292 Apr. 24,
1990
Claim 1 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Albrecht in view of Nihei.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answer for the 1
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner and the
evidence
of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the
1 The Appeal Brief was filed November 3, 1998. In response to the
Examiner’s Answer dated January 14, 1999, a Reply Brief was filed March 12,
1999 which was acknowledged and entered by the Examiner as indicated in the
communication of May 21, 1999.
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