Appeal No. 97-1626
Application 08/299,123
below:
Schlegel 2,719,625 Oct. 4, 1955
Ota 3,253,692 May 31, 1966
Masino et al. (Masino) 3,858,519 Jan. 7, 1975
The appealed claims are rejected as follows:3
(a) claims 1, 3 and 4, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), as being
anticipated by Masino;
(b) claims 5-7 and 9, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being
unpatentable over Masino in view of Ota; and
(c) claim 10, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being
unpatentable over Masino in view of Schlegel.
The rejections are explained in the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 14, mailed August 27, 1996).
The opposing viewpoints of appellants are set forth in
the brief (Paper No. 13, filed July 30, 1996) and the reply
brief (Paper No. 15, filed October 28, 1996).
Masino pertains to a “transfer conveyor assembly
comprising in essence a receiving part A, a transfer part B,
3In the statement of the rejections on pages 3 and 4 of
the answer, the examiner inadvertently included canceled
claims 2 and 8.
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