Ex parte HATTORI - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 96-0922                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/251,306                                                                                                                 



                 COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    



                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                                   This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                                                                 
                 17 and 18.  These claims constitute all of the claims remain-                                                                          
                 ing in the application.                                                                                                                
                                   Appellant’s invention pertains to a watercraft.  An                                                                  
                 understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading                                                                           
                 of exemplary claims 17 and 18, copies of which appear in the                                                                           
                 APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 16).                                                                                                  
                                   As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has ap-                                                                    
                 plied the documents listed below:                                                                                                      
                 Hegg et al. (Hegg)                                    4,548,155                           Oct. 22, 1985                                
                 Crone                                                 4,896,744                                    Jan. 30,                            
                 1990                                                                                                                                   


                                   The following rejections are before us for review.2                                                                  




                          2A final rejection of claim 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                                                                         
                 first paragraph, was overcome as indicated by the examiner on                                                                          
                 page 1 of  the answer (Paper No. 13).                                                                                                  
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