Appeal No. 2006-1538
Application No. 09/782,915
rejection, we make reference to the answer (mailed December 21,
2005) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejection,
and to appellant’s brief (filed November 18, 2005) and reply
brief (filed February 8, 2006) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant’s specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determination which follows.
As noted on pages 2-3 of appellant’s specification, Basteck
discloses a prior art device for adjusting the position of a
cutting edge of an insert (18) secured to the body (12) of a
multiple insert tool, such as a reamer, wherein the cutter insert
is adjusted by use of a sleeve or pin (32) having a slotted end
which is expandable by the tapered head (39) of a wedging screw
(37). The sleeve or pin (32) is force fit into a bore in the
tool body, and the wedging screw (37) engages an internal thread
(36) on the sleeve to draw the tapered head of the screw into the
sleeve to deform the upper slotted portion of the sleeve thereby
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