Appeal No. 2002-2024
Application No. 09/197,404
references would, at best, merely result in the replacement of
one two piece race assembly (i.e., 44 of Wallace '679 or
Daugherety '819) with another two piece race assembly like that
shown in Narkon, and not result in any other modification of the
male connection member (20) seen in Wallace '679 and Daugherety
'819.
For the above reasons, we will not sustain the examiner's
rejection of claims 1 through 3, 6 through 13, 16 through 18 and
20 through 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Wallace '679 in view of Narkon, or over Daugherety '819 in view
of Narkon.
As for the additional rejection of claims 1, 3, 6 through
13, 17, 18 and 20 through 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Daugherty '082 in view of Narkon, since the
structure of the male connection member (20) in the coupling
apparatus of Daugherty '082 and the race assembly (36) received
therein are generally the same as those seen in Wallace '679 and
Daugherety '819, and the examiner's statement of the rejection is
basically the same except for changing the name of the primary
reference, we observe that our comments above regarding the
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