Appeal No. 2004-0106
Application 09/907,974
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Rexford 5,148,724 Sep. 22, 1992
Hsiao 5,186,083 Feb. 16, 1993
Jarvis 5,943,924 Aug. 31, 1999
THE REJECTION
Claims 24 through 27 and 29 through 35 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Jarvis in view of
Rexford or Hsiao.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 14 and 16) and to the answer (Paper No. 15) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner regarding
the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Jarvis, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a socket
wrench set which is summarized as follows:
a multifunctional, interchangeable socket wrench is
provided having a drive handle and a plurality of
interchangeable sockets. The drive handle has an
integral ratcheting drive of a given dimension. An
interchangeable multi-tiered drive is provided that is
attachable to the integral drive. The multi-tiered
drive provides a plurality of tiers of different
dimensions thereby changing the dimension of the drive.
Open ended sockets are provided. One end of the socket
is configured to fit over the application object, such
[as] a bolt head or nut, etc. The other end is
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