Appeal No. 2005-1125 2
Application No. 10/144,328
a resilient stop pad fitted concentrically to the piston
rod,
an end cap fitted to the container tube, said end cap being
pressed onto the container tube by the resilient stop pad when
the piston rod is moved into the container tube, and
a sheath tube fitted to said stop pad and to said end cap,
said sheath tube having at least one elastic fold and covering
said piston rod between said stop pad and said end cap, said
sheath tube, said resilient stop pad, and said end cap being
formed as separate parts and assembled to form a preassembled
unit which can stand independently of said piston rod and said
container tube.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Fotino et al. 5,901,947 May 11, 1999
(Fotino)
McCormick et al. 6,199,844 Mar. 13, 2001
(McCormick)
Handke et al, 196 41 728 Apr. 16, 1998
German Patent Document
(Handke)
Fichtel & Sachs Co., 91 09 020.2 Nov. 28, 1991
German Patent Document
(Fichtel)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 6 through 8 and 11 through 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over McCormick in view
of Fotino.
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