Appeal No. 2005-0948 Page 2
Application No. 09/922,938
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a lathe assembly and a tool rest assembly for
a lathe apparatus. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Gray 114,670 May 9, 1871
Hardy 2,700,912 Feb. 1, 1955
Lebermann 3,065,581 Nov. 27, 1962
McCormack 5,186,087 Feb. 16, 1993
Clay 6,000,447 Dec. 14, 1999
Caddaye 6,178,856 Jan. 30, 2001
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Clay.
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
McCormack in view of Gray.
Claims 14, 16, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over McCormack in view of Caddaye and Hardy.
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