Appeal No. 96-4007
Application No. 08/294,769
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a conveyance system and
method. Claims 1 and 9 are representative of the subject matter
on appeal and a copy of those claims, as they appear in the
appellant's brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Beidler 2,025,371 Dec. 24, 1935
Keller 2,956,520 Oct. 18, 1960
Claims 1 through 7, 9, 16 and 17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Beidler in view of
Keller.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding the § 103 rejection, we
make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 26, mailed May
24, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 25, filed
April 29, 1996) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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