Appeal 2007-0040
Application 10/170,069
Patent 6,073,699
23. The Third Amendment canceled claims 7-8, 10-15, 19, and
21-27 (all pending claims) and added new claims 28-32. Newly added
claim 28 is representative and is reproduced below:
28. An elevator for use in wellbore operations, the elevator
comprising
a first body part,
a second body part,
the body parts together defining an interior opening through
the elevator for accommodating a wellbore tubular therein,
the body parts hingedly connected together and hingedly
openable on a side of the elevator,
at least one first roller secured to at least one of the body parts
to facilitate movement of a wellbore tubular within and with respect to
the elevator,
wherein the at least one first roller has a roller portion thereof
protruding into the interior opening for contacting an exterior surface
of a wellbore tubular within the interior opening, and
at least one second roller disposed beneath the first and second
body parts and disposed entirely exteriorly of the interior opening to
facilitate movement of a wellbore tubular with respect to the elevator.
24. After entry of the Third Amendment, the application claims
were 28-32.
25. In the Third Amendment, Appellant argued:
Claims 7, 8, 10-15, 19, and 21-27 have been rejected for
various reasons under § § 102, 103, and 112. These claims
have been cancelled. No counterpart is presented here to any
claim rejected under § 112.
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