Appeal No. 2002-0032 Page 2
Application No. 08/514,507
BACKGROUND
This is an application for reissue of U.S. Patent No. 5,899,247, which has been
sought on the basis that the appellant claimed less than he had a right to claim in the
original application. The appellant's invention as recited in claim 10 relates to a
bagging machine having a non-flexible anchor for resisting the movement of the
machine away from the material being bagged. The claim has been reproduced in an
appendix to the Brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claim is:
Cullen 5,425,220 Jun. 20, 1995
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Cullen.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 18) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and
to the Brief (Paper No. 17) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
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