Ex parte WONG - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2000-0573                                                        
          Application No. 08/678,991                                                  


               Claims 26, 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                  
          103(a) as being unpatentable over Olson in view of Nyitrai.                 


               Claims 30 through 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                  
          103(a) as being unpatentable over Olson in view of Nyitrai and              
          Madsen.                                                                     


               Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No.              
          12) and to the examiner’s final rejection and answer (Paper                 
          Nos. 9 and 13) for the respective positions of the appellant                
          and the examiner with regard to the merits of these                         
          rejections.                                                                 


                                     DISCUSSION                                       
          I. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 26, 28 and 29                 
               Olson, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses an in-              
          line roller skate 10 comprising a chassis in the form of frame              
          12, first and second longitudinally extending frames in the                 
          form of side rails 20 and 22, and four identically constructed              
          wheels 14A-14D (see column 11, lines 65 and 66) mounted in                  
          spaced apart manner between the first and second frames such                
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