Appeal No. 2002-1265 Page 2
Application No. 09/558,575
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a rotary cutting tool. A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
Claims 30 to 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
U.S. Patent No. 4,662,803 to Arnold.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 12, mailed July 27, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 11, filed June 11, 2001) and reply brief
(Paper No. 13, filed August 20, 2001) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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