Appeal No. 2005-0642
Application No. 09/568,278
Applicant also proceeded to re-write application claim 1 by adding
limitations of original application claim 7. Amended application claim 1 issued as
patent claim 1.
Applicant further proceeded to re-write application claim 10 by adding
limitations of original application claim 7 and by combined the limitations of
original application claims 16, 19, and 20. Amended application claim 10 issued
as patent claim 9.
The apparatus of the original claims rejected by the examiner based on prior
art did not contain certain limitations (Final Office Action entered January 23,
2001, page 3):
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 [which is
found in original application claim 7, but not original
application claims 1 or 4].
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” [which is found in
original application claims 16 and 7 respectively, but not
original application claim 10].
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