Appeal No. 2002-2033 Page 3
Application No. 08/894,063
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 31) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and
to the Brief (Paper No. 30) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 36) 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.
The appellant’s invention comprises a torque transfer component capable of
receiving torque applied by a standard square drive as well as torque applied by a drive
having a plurality of radially oriented surfaces. The invention is described in claim 34 in
the following manner:
34. A torque transfer component comprising a female driving portion
having a useful height and a transverse cross-sectional profile, the profile
comprising:
four inner wall segments disposed on a square which corresponds to a
square drive having a dimension selected from the group consisting of
6.35mm, 9.53mm, 12.70mm, 15.88mm, 19.05mm, 25.40mm, 38.10mm,
and 63.50mm.
four splines projecting radially outward from respective corner regions of
said square, each of said splines being respectively delimited by two
lateral edges and an outer edge;
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