Ex parte HARTMAN - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-4081                                                          
          Application 08/379,793                                                      



                    This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims              
          1 through 8.  These are the only claims in the application.                 
                    The claimed invention is directed to stabilizing                  
          feet for tables.  With reference to Figure 2 of the drawings,               
          con- nected to two feet of the table are pistons which are                  
          movable in cylinders in the supporting legs of the table.  Two              
          adjacent cylinders are interconnected by a fluid passage, so                
          that fluid can flow from one cylinder to another to stabilize               
          the table.                                                                  
                    A further understanding of the claimed subject                    
          matter can be had by reference to claims 1 through 8 appended               
          to appellant's brief.                                                       
                    The reference of record relied upon as evidence of                
          anticipation and obviousness is:                                            
          Chatenay épouse Compagnone       4,754,713       July 5, 1988               


                                     REJECTIONS                                       
                    Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 102 as anticipated by Chatenay épouse Compagnone.                         



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