Appeal No. 97-1973
Application No. 08/248,003
pending in this application.2
We REVERSE.
The invention is directed to a bucket dredger. Claim 4
is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is
reproduced in the "Appendix" to appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Gray 640,762 Jan. 09,
1900
Whisler 2,132,198 Oct. 04,
1938
Von Bolhar 2,528,195 Oct. 31,
1950
Claims 4 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Gray in view of Whisler in
combination with Von Bolhar.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer
(Paper No. 21), while the complete statement of appellants’
argument can be found in the brief (Paper No. 20).
OPINION
Claim 4 was amended and claim 9 was canceled subsequent to the final2
rejection. See Paper No. 15.
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