Appeal No. 2001-2566 Page 3
Application No. 09/655,092
said wheel and said roadway independently of the
weight of said vehicle, and for minimizing
oscillation of said wheel upon said roadway, said
apparatus comprising:
said roadway having at least substantially
horizontal sides;
a plurality of at least substantially vertical
wheels rotating about at least substantially
horizontal axles secured to said vehicle, said
wheels having rims rolling along said sides of said
roadway; and
a compression means, connected to said wheels,
for causing said wheels to be compressed against
said sides of said roadway with compression adequate
to allow a desired amount of traction to be
maintained between said wheels and said roadway,
independently of said weight of said vehicle.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art
references of record in rejecting the appealed claims:
Richter et al. (Richter) 5,014,864 May 14,
1991
Getsay 5,507,679 Apr. 16, 1996
Miller et al. (Miller) 5,662,045 Sep. 2, 1997
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which
appellant regards as the invention.
Claims 1-8 and 10-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Getsay in view of Miller.
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