Appeal 2007-0827
Application 10/220,682
a plurality of projections that engage behind an orifice in the vehicle
body for introducing the device on a side of the vehicle body facing away
from the vehicle antenna;
wherein:
the projections are situated in such a way that the device,
together with the projections, is introducible into the orifice in
predetermined position with respect to the orifice, and
the projections engage behind the orifice by rotation of the
projections with respect to the side of the vehicle facing away from
the vehicle antenna after introduction into the orifice.
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a device for securing a
vehicle antenna to a vehicle body. The device comprises a plurality of
projections that engage behind an orifice in the vehicle body by rotation of
the projections with respect to the side of the body facing away from the
antenna.
Appealed claims 12-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Chadowski.
The Examiner appreciates that the device of Chadowski for securing
an antenna to a vehicle body comprises a nut 6 for effecting the securement
of the antenna to the body. Appellants' sole argument is that projections (27)
of Chadowski do not engage behind the orifice by rotation of the projections
with respect to the side of the vehicle facing away from the antenna.
Appellants submit that nut (6) is rotated, not the projections.
The Examiner agrees with Appellants that rotation of nut (6) results in
engaging projections (27) against the vehicle body, but explains that "the
holding of the nut in place with an appropriate tool, such as a wrench, and
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