Appeal No. 2004-0051
Application No. 09/746,795
examiner (Brief, page 2; Answer, page 2, ¶(3)). We have
jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a tool 10
for installing retaining rings 12 in different size cylinder bodies
14, which tool has a handle lever 18 carrying a gripper 20 that
engages a groove 34 in the cylinder body 14, a relatively movable
compressing lever 22 with an engaging surface 110 for compressing
the retaining ring 12 and a pair of links 24 pivotally connected by
pins 144, 150 to the levers to slidably displace and pivot the
compressing lever 22 relative to the handle lever 18 (Brief, page
5). A copy of the sole claim on appeal is attached as an Appendix
to this decision.
Claim 18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, “as containing subject matter which was not described in
the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one
skilled in the relevant art that the inventor(s), at the time the
application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.”
Answer, page 3. We affirm the examiner’s rejection essentially for
the reasons stated in the Answer and those reasons set forth below.
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007