Appeal 2007-0040
Application 10/170,069
Patent 6,073,699
V. NEW GROUNDS OF REJECTION OF CLAIM 4
Reissue claim 4 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by both the Holmes and Schivley patents.
As to the Holmes patent, it teaches:
An elevator [title] for use in wellbore operations, the
elevator [Figs. 1 and 2] comprising
a first body part [Figs. 1 and 2, member A],
a second body part [Figs. 1 and 2, member A’],
the body parts together defining an interior opening
through the elevator for accommodating a wellbore tubular
therein [Figs. 1 and 2, the area between A and A’],
first hinge apparatus [Figs. 1 and 2, left side hinge pin C]
hingedly connecting the two body parts together and permitting
the two body parts to be hingedly openable on a first side of the
elevator, and
second hinge apparatus [Figs. 1 and 2, right side hinge
pin C] disposed across from the first hinge apparatus, the
second hinge apparatus hingedly connecting the two body parts
together and permitting the two body parts to be hingedly
openable on a second side of the elevator.
As to the Schivley patent, it teaches:
An elevator [Field of Invention] for use in wellbore
operations, the elevator [Figs. 3 and 4] comprising
a first body part [Figs. 3 and 4, semiannular
segment 28],
a second body part Figs. 3 and 4, semiannular
segment 30],
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