Appeal No. 97-2644
Application 08/381,531
1 of the application drawings, wherein the conveyor belt
sections (4) and (5) are connected together by a connecting
pin (1) of appellant's design which is passed through inter-
meshed coupling eyelets (e.g., 10 and 11). A copy of repre-
sentative independent claim 1 on appeal appears in Appendix A
to appellant's brief (Paper No. 15).
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Stolz 4,023,239 May 17,
1977
Schick 4,641,398 Feb. 10,
1987
Claims 1 through 3, 5, 13, 15 and 17 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Schick.
Claims 6, 7 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Schick.
Claims 8 through 11 and 18 through 21 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schick in
view of Stolz.
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