Appeal No. 97-0180
Application 08/374,131
said rotor means being positioned between the lower end of
said sloped front wall and the lower end of said sloped rear
wall;
said front and rear walls extending upwardly and forwardly
with respect to said rotor means.
REFERENCES
The following prior art references were relied on by the
examiner:
Kinnear 2,689,597 Sep.
21, 1954
Komossa et al. (Komossa) 4,149,547
Apr. 17, 1979
Ryan 4,621,666
Nov. 11, 1986
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 4-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ryan in view of Komossa.
Claim 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ryan in view of Kinnear.
The examiner’s answer contains the following new ground
of rejection:
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
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