Appeal No. 2003-0541 Page 5
Application No. 09/645,845
be turned and four radially outwardly projecting studs 12a-15a. The studs are received
in the notches, in which position they can be rotated by rotating the pipe, either by hand
or by means of an object inserted through the holes in the other end. There is no
teaching in Bayouth that the notches in the pipe are used to engage anything other than
the studs protruding from the socket, and no dimensions are given, except that the
diameter of the opening in the socket and that of the pipe are sufficient to allow these
two elements to pass over a water supply line (column 3, line 6 et seq.).
With regard to claim 13, Bayouth fails to disclose or teach a first tubular socket
having four notches for receiving a workpiece comprising parts used with 1½ inch
nominal diameter pipe. Nor does Bayouth disclose or teach a second tubular socket
having four notches for receiving parts used with 2 inch nominal diameter pipe, and rib
means on its interior surface for engaging the notches of the first socket.
Rogers discloses an oil filter wrench. Although the examiner has not directed us
to any particular portion of the specification or drawing, with reference to Figure 2, the
Rogers device comprises a driver adaptor 35 that can be engaged with the outer
surface of a driver 33 in order to accommodate oil filters that will fit the configuration
present in the smaller cavity thereof, or it can be engaged with the inner surface of
driver 33 in order to allow the driver to receive oil filters configured to fit the larger cavity
(column 4 and 5). Figures 11 and 12 show another embodiment, wherein the driver
adapter 97 can be engaged with a number of drivers 71 having different sizes and
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