Appeal No. 2004-0209 Page 2
Application No. 09/120,778
BACKGROUND
The appellant’s invention relates to a low friction rotary knife. An understanding
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 25, which appears in
the appendix to the Brief.
The single prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting
the appealed claims is:
Bettcher 3,269,010 Aug. 30, 1966
Claims 24, 25 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Bettcher.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 33) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to
the Brief (Paper No. 32) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 34) for the appellant’s arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant’s specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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