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             Appeal No. 2005-1173                                                          Page 2               
             Application No. 10/134,793                                                                         



                                                BACKGROUND                                                      
                   The appellant's invention relates to a wrench with a magnet (specification, p. 1).           
             A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.           


                   The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the              
             appealed claims are:                                                                               
             Morrissey et al. (Morrissey)           4,823,652                  April 25, 1989                   
             White                                  5,307,713                  May 3, 1994                      
             Bogni et al. (Bogni)                   5,924,343                  July 20, 1999                    


                   Claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 to 14 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103            
             as being unpatentable over Bogni in view of Morrissey.                                             


                   Claims 8 and 15 to 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                          
             unpatentable over Bogni in view of Morrissey and White.                                            


                   Claims 1 to 5 and 11 to 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                     
             unpatentable over Bogni in view of White.                                                          


                   Claims 6 to 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                
             Bogni in view of White and Morrissey.                                                              







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