Appeal No. 2003-1254 Page 2
Application No. 09/284,793
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a clamping device for saw blades, in
particular in motor-driven straight-back and saber saws (specification, p. 1). A copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Strömberg et al. (Strömberg) 5,357,836 Oct. 25, 1994
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Strömberg.
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Strömberg.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 23, mailed January 14, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 22, filed November 4, 2002) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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