Appeal No. 2004-1114 Page 2
Application No. 10/079,706
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to French door dummy handles, knob, and
levers and supporting hardware thereof. The invention provides a stop plate
incorporating self-aligning and self-tightening features that works with existing knobs
and levers to eliminate wobble (specification, p. 1). A copy of claims 2 to 6 is set forth
in the appendix to the appellants' brief. Claim 1 reads as follows:
A stop plate for use with a dummy lockset comprising:
means for aligning an operating handle of the lockset; and
means for eliminating rotational movement of the operating handle about
a longitudinal axis of the lockset.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Hart 3,985,008 Oct. 12, 1976
Claims 1 to 4 stand 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 enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly
connected, to make and/or use the invention.1
1 In addition, the examiner objected to the drawings under 37 CFR § 1.83(a) for not showing every
feature set forth in claim 1.
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