Appeal No. 2006-1015 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/358,460
The appellant's invention relates to a self-propelled agricultural maching having
contactlessly operating position-finding device and an adjusting device the orientation of
the position-finding device relative to the working machine (specification, p. 1). A copy
of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
THE PRIOR ART
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is
Diekhans et al. (Diekhans) 6,244,024 Jun. 12, 2001
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed March 14, 2005) and the supplemental answer (mailed Nov. 16, 2005) for the
examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief (filed
January 13, 2005) and reply brief (filed May 11, 2005) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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