Appeal No. 96-3744 Page 3
Application No. 08/173,764
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a fail-safe ride
simulator. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Gwinnett 1,789,680 Jan. 20,
1931
Trumbull 4,066,256 Jan. 3,
1978
(Trumbull '256)
Trumbull et al. 4,874,162 Oct. 17,
1989
(Trumbull '162)
Claims 1, 3 through 11 and 16 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Trumbull '256.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Trumbull '256 in view of Trumbull '162.
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