Appeal No. 2004-1114 Page 4
Application No. 10/079,706
The enablement rejection
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph.
Figure 1 of the appellants' application is an exploded view of an exterior dummy
leverset chassis 10 for a dummy lockset. The chassis includes a rose liner 12, an
exterior sleeve 14 and a retainer 16. The exterior sleeve 14 extends through an
aperture 18 in the rose liner 12 and is held in place by the retainer 16. A stop plate 20
with a self-tightening mechanism engages the exterior sleeve 14 and abuts the inner
surface of the rose liner 12.
As shown in Figure 2, the stop plate 20 includes a generally circular portion 32
having a central aperture 34 and four arms 36 extending outwardly from the center
portion 32. A pair of rectangular fingers 40 extend radially inwardly into the central
aperture 34 and are configured to engage slots 28 formed in the exterior sleeve 14. A
pair of opposed notches 42 are formed in the circular portion 32 and are configured to
engage bosses 22 formed on the rose liner 12.
The appellants teach (specification, pp. 1-2) that:
The means for aligning includes a sleeve having a slot coupled to the operating
handle, and a finger configured to engage the slot. The means for eliminating
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