Appeal No. 2004-2279 Page 2
Application No. 10/151,263
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method and means for mounting a wind
turbine on the upper end of a supporting tower and more particularly to a method and
means wherein the turbine is winched up the Iength of the tower on a carriage which
rolls along a track or guide rail positioned at one side of the tower (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:
Gomez De Rosas et al. 5,051,036 Sep. 24, 1991
(Gomez De Rosas)
Haney et al. 5,051,037 Sep. 24, 1991
(Haney)
Ammons 5,174,724 Dec. 29, 1992
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Ammons in view of Haney and Gomez De Rosas.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the final
rejection (mailed March 3, 2004) and the answer (mailed May 27, 2004) for the
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