Appeal No. 2000-2020
Application No. 09/050,558
pieces are welded to the peripheral surface of the base after the
elastic pieces have positioned the base.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. An electric light bulb with a base, comprising a
positioning ring adapted to be mounted in externally
fitted fashion to the base which holds a glass bulb
enclosing therein filaments, said positioning ring
comprising elastic pieces and weld pieces formed on a
fitting hole, through which said base is inserted, said
elastic pieces being adapted to resiliently abut
against an outer peripheral surface of said base, said
weld pieces being adapted to be welded to the outer
peripheral surface of said base, and wherein said weld
pieces are securely welded to the outer peripheral
surface of said base after said elastic pieces are made
to abut against the outer peripheral surface of said
base to be positioned.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Wakimizu 4,547,838 Oct. 15, 1985
Van Heeswijk 5,216,319 Jun. 01, 1993
Claims 1-7 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Van Heeswijk in view of Wakimizu.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs1 and Answer for the
respective details.
1 The Appeal Brief was filed October 26, 1999 (Paper No. 16). In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated December 23, 1999 (Paper No. 17), a
Reply Brief was filed February 3, 2000 (Paper No. 18), which was acknowledged
and entered by the Examiner in the communication dated February 22, 2000
(Paper No. 20).
2
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