Appeal No. 2000-0954 Page 2
Application No. 08/972,206
The appellants' invention relates to a method of cleaning
manure from support surfaces of egg-laying installations
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Woods et al. (Woods) 3,274,973 Sep. 27,
1966
Castrantas 4,014,805 Mar. 29,
1977
Dyer 5,365,878 Nov.
22, 1994
Claims 1 to 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Woods in view of Castrantas.
Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Dyer in view of Castrantas.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 10,
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