Ex parte KIETZER - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1998-2026                                                                                                                   
                 Applicatin No. 08/508,738                                                                                                              


                 derived from a reading of exemplary claim 6, a copy of which                                                                           
                 appears in APPENDIX “A” of the brief (Paper No. 18).                                                                                   

                          As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has applied the                                                                     
                 documents listed below:                                                                                                                
                 Price et al.                                 3,638,561                                    Feb.  1, 1972                                
                 (Price)                                                                                                                                
                 Constructions Mecaniques   2,330,039                                                      Jan. 10, 1974                                
                 Agricoles                                                                                                                              
                 (Germany)1                                                                                                                             

                          The following rejections are before us for review.                                                                            


                          Claims 6 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                                                                          
                 102(b) as being anticipated by Price.                                                                                                  


                          Claims 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                                                                     
                 being anticipated by the German reference (2,330,039).                                                                                 


                          The full text of the examiner's rejections and response                                                                       


                          1Our understanding of this document is derived from a                                                                         
                 reading of a translation thereof prepared in the United States                                                                         
                 Patent and Trademark Office.  A copy of the translation is                                                                             
                 appended to this opinion.                                                                                                              
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