Appeal No. 2002-2132
Application 09/124,907
said shell member having a base plate, a leading edge, a
trailing edge, and an elastic material arranged on said base
plate allowing for a compressible surface gain; and
a lock-up device, secured in a gap of said cylinder, for
securing the trailing edge, including a tensioning member secured
on a base, which base pivots about an axis;
wherein the leading edge and trailing edge are positioned in
such a manner providing a gap therebetween; and
wherein the base is biased to pivot about the axis in such a
manner that the tensioning member provides tension in at least a
direction tangential to the cylinder.
THE PRIOR ART
The items relied on by the examiner to support the final
rejection are:
Duckett et al. (Duckett) 3,882,750 May 13, 1975
Kirkpatrick 4,982,639 Jan. 8, 1991
Huber et al. (Huber) 5,163,584 Nov. 17, 1992
Neal 5,916,346 Jun. 29, 1999
The subject matter discussed at lines 9 through 11 on page 2 in
the appellant’s specification (the admitted prior art)1
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3 through 14 and 17 through 23 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as being based on a
specification which does not describe the claimed invention in
such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant
art that the appellant had possession thereof at the time the
application was filed.
1 The appellant does not dispute that this subject matter is
prior art relative to the claimed invention.
2
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