Appeal No. 2003-1302
Application 09/035,478
and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 24, filed August 6, 2002) and
reply brief (Paper No. 26, filed January 13, 2003) for the
arguments thereagainst.
0PINION
Having carefully reviewed the anticipation issues raised in
this appeal in light of the record before us, we have come to the
conclusion that the examiner's rejection of the appealed claims
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) will be sustained with regard to all
claims on appeal. Our reasoning in support of this determination
follows.
In rejecting claims 9 through 13, 25 and 26 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) the examiner specifically directs us to Figure 3 of
Kooji, urging (answer, page 3) that this figure shows a split
sleeve component of the type envisioned by appellants comprising
a tubular body having a pair of grooves (3) extending along the
longitudinal axis thereof between first and second terminal ends
and penetrating through the inner and outer peripheral surfaces
of the tubular body, first and second annular portions (14)
disposed at and extending respectively from the first and second
3
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