Appeal No. 1999-2328 Page 3
Application No. 08/485,492
(Paper No. 29) and the final rejection (Paper No. 19) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the Brief (Paper No. 28) and Reply Brief
(Paper No. 30) 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 references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
Claim 1
A moving table system comprising:
relatively movable table members, at least one of said members
comprising a magnet;
rolling elements held firmly, by magnetic force developed by the magnet,
between the members for fully rolling motion along both members;
wherein at least some of the rolling elements roll along the magnet.
The Rejections Under Section 112
The examiner has rejected claims 1, 2, 6-8 and 11 under Section 112 on the
following bases:
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