Ex parte ANDERSON et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 98-0516                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/400,328                                                                                                             


                 constitute all of the claims remaining of record in the                                                                                
                 application.                                                                                                                           
                          The appellants’ invention is directed to a refuse                                                                             
                 collection vehicle.  The subject matter before us on appeal is                                                                         
                 illustrated by reference to claims 1, 15 and 29 which, along                                                                           
                 with the other claims on appeal, have been reproduced in an                                                                            
                 appendix to the Revised Appeal Brief.                                                                                                  


                                                               THE REFERENCES                                                                           
                          The references relied upon by the examiner to support the                                                                     
                 final rejection are:                                                                                                                   
                 Edelhoff et al. (Edelhoff ‘767)                                4,715,767                           Dec. 29,                            
                 1987                                                                                                                                   
                 Nielson et al. (Nielson)                                                4,866,641                           Sep.                       
                 12, 1989                                                                                                                               
                 Tonsor et al. (Tonsor)                                         5,188,502                           Feb. 23,                            
                 1993                                                                                                                                   
                 Bayne et al. (Bayne)                                           5,333,984                           Aug.  2,                            
                 1994                                                                                                                                   
                 Georg                                                          5,474,413                           Dec. 12,                            
                 1995                                                                                                                                   
                 European Patent (Edelhoff)                     2      496 302 A1                                   Jul. 29,                            
                 1992                                                                                                                                   

                                                               THE REJECTIONS                                                                           

                          2PTO translation enclosed.                                                                                                    
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