Appeal No. 2005-0642
Application No. 09/568,278
obtaining allowance of claims during prosecution of the application which matured
into the patent sought to be reissued.
76. The Examiner reasoned as follows (see Final Office Action entered
January 23, 2001, page 3):
Specifically, In (sic) the parent application 08/429317 claims 1
and 4 were amended to include the following language: “said latch
further including at least one catch beam extending through another of
said slots, said catch beams defining catch edges which engage catch
surfaces defined by said another of said slots to secure said latch in
said latched position.” in order to define over the prior art and make
the claims allowable. Also applicant amended claim 10 to define over
the prior art by adding that a “latching beam” extends through a “first”
slot and is “positioned between a radial ledge defined by said first slot
and said upset”; and “first and second catch beams extend through
second and third slots in said connector body and engage catch edges
defined by said second and third slots”.
77. The record supports the Examiner's findings with respect to what
limitations do not appear in reissue application claims 26-46 which were present in
claims 1, 4, and 10 of the original application, as allowed.
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