Appeal No. 2003-0679 Page 5
Application No. 09/730,163
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the claims to "'read on' something
disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference, or
'fully met' by it."
Freudendahl discloses a combination of mowers for grass crops. As shown in
Figure 4, the combination of mowers comprises a mower unit 2' for front mounting on a
tractor 1' and two mower units 33, 34 for rear mounting on the tractor 1' arranged on
either side of the tractor 1'. The rear mounted mower units 33, 34 project obliquely
rearwards and have adjusting means over discharge openings 48, 49 for placing the
discharged swath 24 immediately adjacent the swath 6 discharged by the front mounted
mower unit 2' for combining/bunching three swaths in one operation. The rear mounted
mower units 33, 34 can be swung about pivot joints 41, 42 by means of hydraulic
activators 43, 44 from the illustrated operating position to a substantially vertical
conveyance position. The adjusting means over discharge openings 48, 49 is shown in
Figures 2 and 3 as being a pivotable flap 22 adjustable by means of a hydraulic
activator 23.
Freudendahl does not anticipate independent claim 1. In that regard,
Freudendahl's swath formers (i.e., the discharge openings 48, 49 with adjustable flaps)
are mounted to the mowing units 33, 34 not to the mobile central frame on which the
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