Appeal No. 96-0005
Application 07/722,599
having a portion at least partially juxtaposed to said berthing
area on one side thereof, and an operator station positioned in
said portion of said passenger compartment and containing means
for accommodating an operator seated in a forwardly facing
condition, said operator station, said berthing area and the
controls of said smaller watercraft when positioned in said
berthing area being arranged for direct operation of said
controls by an operator seated within said operator station of
said main hull passenger compartment while in a forwardly facing
condition.
The references of record relied on by the examiner are:
Metcalf, Jr. et al. (Metcalf) 3,858,541 Jan. 7, 1975
Babb 3,865,062 Feb. 11, 1975
Yamaoka et al. (Yamaoka) 2,046,689 Nov. 19, 1980
(United Kingdom patent application)
Yammer 2-28088 Jan. 30, 1990
(Japanese patent publication)
Additional prior art relied on by this merits panel of the
Board is:
The “popular type” of smaller watercraft of a “known form” that
is powered by a jet propulsion unit and has a twist grip throttle
control mounted on one of the pair of handle bars as disclosed in
the appellants’ specification on pages 1, 7 and 8 (the admitted
prior art).
Claims 1, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Metcalf.3
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Metcalf in view of Yamaoka. The examiner is of
3The rejection of claim 16 on this ground was set forth as
a new ground of rejection in the answer.
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