Appeal No. 1999-2665
Application No. 08/826,816
having a spool for retaining a supply of filament line, and in
particular to a spool having a plurality of deformable crush
ribs carried on the core of the spool for absorbing
compressive forces caused by contraction of the wound filament
line on the core that tends to warp or damage the spool. A
further understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of independent claims 1 and 9, which appear in the
appendix to appellants’ brief.
The references applied by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Bachi 3,989,200 Nov. 02, 1976
Sauber 4,657,202 Apr. 14, 1987
Ota 4,672,798 Jun. 16,
1987
The following rejections are before us for review:
(A) claims 48-50, rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, “on the basis that there is no written description
of the claimed subject matter” (answer, page 3).
(B) claims 1-10 and 45-50, rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Ota in view of Sauber and Bachi.
Reference is made to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 8) and
the examiner’s final rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 6 and
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