Appeal No. 2001-2217
Application 09/358,532
said aperture means extending along substantially the entire
bottom of said body portion and communicating with an outside
surface of said body portion,
a plurality of inserts adapted to be positioned within said
aperture means,
fastener means for securing said insert within said aperture
means.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Hale 1,030,085 Jun. 18, 1912
Potter 2,400,023 May 7, 1946
Schoesler 5,878,510 Mar. 9, 1999
Mozayan 0383685A1 Aug. 22, 1990
European Patent Document1
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Hale in view of any one of Potter,
Mozayan and Schoesler.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No. 7)
and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 8) for the respective
positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the
merits of this rejection.
1 An English language translation of this reference,
prepared on behalf of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, is appended hereto.
2
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