Appeal No. 1999-2278 Page 11
Application No. 08/641,442
points to no showing in Wanger, and we are not aware of any
teaching, of the thumb moving in a first direction to contact
the handle and move the handle from an unlatched position to a
latched position, and vice versa. We therefore find that the
examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case of
anticipation of claim 8 by Wanger. Accordingly, the rejection
of claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed.
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