Appeal No. 97-2713
Application 08/373,069
considered to be allowable subject to being rewritten in
independent form.
Appellant’s invention relates to a watercraft (claims 1
through 5, 7 through 25 and 29) and to a method of operating a
watercraft (claims 26 and 32 through 34). According to claim
1, the watercraft comprises an above-water transport unit (2),
an underwater unit (3) for supporting the above-water unit and
a means (4) for moving the two units towards and away from one
another.
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to
appellant’s brief.
In rejecting the appealed claims, the examiner relies
upon the following references:
Douglas 1,757,174 May 6, 1930
Anderson 2,596,194 May 13, 1952
Tulleners 3,430,595 Mar. 4,
1969
Barkley 3,541,987 Nov. 24, 1970
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