Appeal No. 2003-0187
Application No. 09/134,109
withdrawn from consideration by the examiner. Claims 2, 6, 13, 16
through 19, 36, 37, 40, 42 and 43 have been canceled.1
Appellants’ invention relates to a tool container and tool
retaining insert for use within such a container, and to a method
of making a tool container. Independent claims 1, 39, 49 and 55
are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of
those claims may be found in Exhibit E (Paper No. 25, filed July
23, 2001).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hanson 2,844,244 Jul. 22, 1958
Gretz 4,048,051 Sep. 13, 1977
Kazen et al. (Kazen) 4,253,830 Mar. 03, 1981
Lay 4,778,047 Oct. 18, 1988
Kaszubinski 5,201,414 Apr. 13, 1993
Hurson 5,525,314 Jun. 11, 1996
Yeh 5,590,770 Jan. 07, 1997
1 Claim 41 was amended subsequent to the final rejection in a
paper filed October 20, 2000 (Paper No. 17). Claim 40 was canceled in
that same amendment.
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007