Appeal 2007-2577
Application 90/006,344
can be screwed onto said tubular shelter, said sleeve locker
having an inwardly projecting end shoulder; and
a ring-shaped stopper integrally formed on an external
surface of said first connecting member, said ring-shaped
stopper having a diameter larger than a distance defined by said
inwardly-projecting end shoulder, said stopper thereby blocking
said end shoulder and limiting the amount of axial movement of
said sleeve locker along said first connecting member and onto
said tubular shelter, so that said sleeve locker and stopper
secure said first connecting member to said second connecting
member.
The connector uses the open-ended "comprising" transition, which
permits the inclusion of elements not listed in the claim.
Scope and content of the art
Claim 9, which
was added during
reexamination, defines
the invention in even
greater detail than
claim 1. As with
claim 1, it is helpful to
understand the rejection
in terms of a table and
figures. The first figure
is an annotated version
of Chen's FIG. 3, which
the examiner labeled
"Sketch-2" (right)
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