Appeal No. 2004-1207 Page 2
Application No. 09/759,411
canceled from the application by direction of the examiner at the conclusion of the
appeal proceedings without further action by appellant (MPEP § 1215.03).
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a washer feeding apparatus for a fastener
driver. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's
brief.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Pitkin 3,595,460 Jul. 27, 1971
Butler 4,033,499 Jul. 5, 1977
Young et al. (Young) 5,014,876 May 14, 1991
Beach et al. (Beach) 5,056,684 Oct. 15, 1991
Lamb 6,302,310 Oct. 16, 2001
(filed Nov. 12, 1999)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1, 4-12, 14 and 16-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Lamb in view of Young.
Claims 2, 3 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Lamb in view of Young and Pitkin.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Lamb in view of Young and Butler.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Lamb in view of Young and Beach.
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