Appeal No. 2005-2335 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/333,711
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1, 9 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Nakagaki1.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed March 18, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection and to the brief (filed February 22, 2005) for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied Nakagaki reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
The sole issue in dispute in this appeal is whether Nakagaki’s flange portion 12',
in the second embodiment, illustrated in Figures 3-5, has two lateral guides each
including at least one bearing surface, “wherein the at least two bearing surfaces form a
wedge by said two bearing surfaces that are along the longitudinal direction of the
1 US Pat. No. 5,636,826, issued June 10, 1997.
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