Appeal No. 2003-1472
Application No. 09/606,955
Patent 6,508,151, which application is the parent of the present
application. In rendering our decision here, we presume
familiarity on the reader’s part with the issues involved in the
prior appeal.
The claims on appeal are drawn to a reciprocating saw having a
spindle for supporting a saw blade, wherein the path of travel of
the spindle is adjustable. A further understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 16 and
17, which appear in the appendix to appellant’s supplemental main
brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
W. S. Brucker 3,204,470 Sept. 7, 1965
S. G. Enders 3,269,197 Aug. 30, 1966
Ketchpel, Jr. et al. 3,802,079 Apr. 9, 1974
(Ketchpel)
Palm 5,079,844 Jan. 14, 1992
Claims 6-11, 16-19, 21-25, 27, 34-36 and 76-97 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite.
Claims 6-8, 10, 11, 16-19, 21-25, 27, 35, 36, 76-83, 85-88 and
91-96 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Enders in view of Ketchpel.
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