Appeal No. 2002-0993 Page 6
Application No. 09/368,781
decision of the examiner to reject claim 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is
affirmed.
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(c), we state that claim 21 amended to read as
follows:
A wire cutter according to claim 15 wherein said means for non-threadedly
connecting said inserts to said lever arms comprises said inserts being
comprised at least partially of a magnetic material and at least a portion of said
cutting ends being made of a material such that said inserts and said cutting
ends are magnetically attracted to one another.
would overcome the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
With respect to claims 38 to 44, we find ourselves in agreement with the
appellants (brief, p. 6) that the metes and bounds of these claims is set forth with a
reasonable degree of precision and particularity. Accordingly, the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 38 to 44 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is
reversed.
The anticipation rejection
We sustain the rejection of claim 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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